Citizens Quote by Aristotle

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state,…

— Aristotle

"Government" is the name we give to the things we choose to do together.

— Deval Patrick

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to…

— James Madison

The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them…

— Alexander Hamilton

The government, which is the supreme authority in states, must be in the hands of one, or of a few, or of the many.…

— Aristotle (384â323 BC

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

— Aristotle

Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own…

— James Madison

Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Ultimately, there is no entity called 'government'; there are only people forming themselves into groups called 'governments' and acting in a 'governmental' manner.

— Murray Rothbard

The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.

— Andrew Jackson