American imperialism Quote by Anonymous

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

— Cory Doctorow

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty…

— William Penn

“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

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and…

— James Madison

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men…

— Leland Stanford

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the…

— Anonymous

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Adrian Cronauer

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may…

— James MacGregor Burns

The moment you abate anything from the full rights of men to each govern himself, and suffer any artificial positive limitation upon those rights,…

— Edmund Burke

Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage.

— Henry David Thoreau