Citizens Quote by Calvin Coolidge

“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

When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

— Georg Buchner

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

— John Basil Barnhill

“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be…

— Gene Sharp

“Government, if it has any purpose at all (and many libertarians doubt it does), should be restricted to the protection of its citizens' persons…

— Brian Doherty

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine…

— Oliver Ellsworth

Governments unaccountable to law are tyrannies, whatever they might call themselves, no matter how exceptional and indispensable they declare themselves to be.

— Paul Craig Roberts

It is imperative the government is held accountable to the people it represents and does not abuse its position in key areas of personal…

— Damian Green

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. Government is a guarantor of liberty and is compatible with…

— Ludwig von Mises

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