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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights,…

— Thomas Jefferson

“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Declaration of Independence

“But if a long train of abuses, prevarications, and artifices, all tending the same way, make the design visible to the people, it is…

— Mark R. Levin

[A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to…

— James Madison

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands…

— Sam Houston

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make…

— Alexander Hamilton

The people are the best guardians of their own rights and it is the duty of their executive to abstain from interfering in or…

— William Henry Harrison

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its people. Fail in this, and we fail in everything.

— Francis T Murphy

“There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of…

— Frank Herbert

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government,…

— George Washington

When government does more than guard against the initiation of force, inevitably it becomes a means of theft and bamboozlement.

— Donald J. Boudreaux