Encroachment Quotes

56 Encroachment quotes by 38 unique authors

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is… — Edmund Burke
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and… — Benjamin Franklin
The arts are encroaching one upon another, and from a proper use of this encroachment will rise the art that is truly monumental. — Wassily Kandinsky
The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
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
Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be obliged… — Benjamin Franklin
These are no ordinary claims; and it seems hardly possible for a rational being to regard them with even a subdued interest; much less to… — Simon Greenleaf
What a story is, is devious. It pretends transparency, forthrightness. It engages with ordinary people, ordinary matters, recognizable stuff. But this is all a masquerade.… — Joy Williams
How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess. — Thomas Paine
The concept of military necessity is seductively broad, and has a dangerous plasticity. Because they invariably have the visage of overriding importance, there is always… — William J. Brennan
Being a patriot doesn’t mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to… — Edward Snowden
The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to… — Walker Percy
There is a limit to the legitimate interference of collective opinion with individual independence: and to find that limit, and maintain it against encroachment, is… — John Stuart Mill
Nature soothes us. Nature heals us, and something more, the woods are a place of power. Any woods that are still surviving on this planet,… — Frederick Lenz
The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites… — Henry Clay
All of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it's part and parcel to this… — Ani DiFranco
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by… — James Madison
Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against… — James Madison
Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no serious objections can… — Ludwig von Mises
To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words. Whoever writes English is involved in a… — George Orwell
...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never… — John Adams
If middle-class Americans do not feel threatened by the slow encroachment of the police state or the Patriot Act, it is because they live comfortably… — Joe Bageant
The more developed a nation is, the more complete is the independence of the individual, and the safer the individual from encroachments by another. — Dmitry Pisarev
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in… — James Monroe
I believe that the federal government, like a raging river, has expanded upon the barriers and the boundaries of its banks, and unfortunately, it is… — Steve Southerland

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