Accomplished Quote by Algernon Sidney

The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide…

— Algernon Sidney

“Two of the most basic roles of government are to create a realm of safety and a realm of prosperity. When governmental leaders use…

— Lance Wallnau

We are bound to maintain public liberty, and, by the example of our own systems, to convince the world that order and law, religion…

— Daniel Webster

The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it, and to…

— John Adams

“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Government, however, has its sole legitimate function in preventing the violation of the lives, liberties, and properties of its constituents. It is not empowered…

— Joseph Befumo

A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— 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

That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various…

— George Mason

Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be…

— Augustin Thierry