Bulwark Quotes
49 quotes by 35 authors
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...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.
— Emma Goldman
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Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
— Vladimir Lenin
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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.
— Walter Lippmann
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...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and…
— James Madison
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If they are incorporated into the Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those rights; they will…
— James Madison
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I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
— William James
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It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the country, have ever been considered…
— John L. DeWitt
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The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the…
— John Coleman
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An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with…
— James Madison
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the…
— Herbert Croly
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The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying a decent standard of living,…
— John L. Lewis
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What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Memory is a barricade against forgetting; light is a bulwark against darkness; life is a flex against the stillness of the grave. Maybe that's what…
— Helen Humphreys
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The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength, - the floating bulwark of…
— William Blackstone
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The sacrifices ordinary American men and women from communities large and small have been willing to make, often before they were past their teenage years,…
— Steve Buyer
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Militarism. . . is the chief bulwark of capitalism. When it is that militarism is undermined, capitalism will fail.
— Helen Keller
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When an individual wishes to stand in opposition to authority, he does best to find support for his position from others in his group. The…
— Stanley Milgram
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Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and…
— Kofi Annan
Who Wrote These Bulwark Quotes
35 authors contributed a total of 49 Bulwark Quotes, led by these top contributors: