Government Quote by Alexander Hamilton

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private…

— John Adams

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people…

— Thomas Jefferson

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist…

— Daniel Webster

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments.

— Francis Hutcheson

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands,…

— William Lloyd Garrison

Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alteror to abolish it, &…

— Anonymous

We throw to the winds the old dogma that governments can give rights. Before governments were organized, no one denies that each individual possessed…

— Susan B. Anthony

In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from that primary…

— Paul Ryan

Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which…

— John C. Calhoun

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

— James Dean