Charters Quotes

21 quotes by 16 authors

In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty. — James Madison
Our liberties do not come from charters; for these are only the declaration of pre-existing rights. They do not depend on parchments or seals; but… — John Dickinson
In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty.… — James Madison
Every British Subject born on the continent of America, or in any other of the British dominions, is by the law of God and nature,… — James Otis
The evidence of [the] natural right [of expatriation], like that of our right to life, liberty, the use of our faculties, the pursuit of happiness,… — Thomas Jefferson
Peace does not rest in charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of the people. — John F. Kennedy
One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit. — Jean de la Bruyere
If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the… — Diane Ravitch
We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be more… — James Madison
The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters. — James Madison
Support charters; insist on change for failing schools. — Newt Gingrich
No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people. — Walter Lippmann
All special charters of freedom must be abrogated where the universal law of freedom is to flourish. — Heinrich Heine
Charters give public school teachers the flexibility to design programs to the individual student needs. They no longer have to go to a distant bureaucracy… — Gary Larson
Five Great Charters knit the land Together linked, hand in hand One in the people who wear the crown Two in the folk who keep… — Garth Nix
Peace does not rest in the charters and covenants alone. It lies in the hearts and minds of all people. So let us not rest… — John F. Kennedy
Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the ability… — Jim McGovern
The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific. — Albert Bushnell Hart
Then we have a World Run, where representatives from all the charters meet. — Chuck Zito

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