Encroachments Quotes
- 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
- 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
- But I must think that an address to his majesty to remove one of his servants, without so much as alleging any particular crime against… — Robert Walpole
- Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent… — James Madison
- The humanities need to be defended to-day against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology. — Irving Babbitt