Free Government Quotes
69 Free Government quotes by 37 unique authors
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There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger…
— John Adams
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The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.
— John Adams
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Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses…
— Grover Cleveland
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and…
— Joseph Story
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In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.
— James Madison
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No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and…
— George Mason
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No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.
— Andrew Jackson
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It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than…
— Calvin Coolidge
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The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the…
— John C. Calhoun
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Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government.
— Thomas Jefferson
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The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be…
— George Washington
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If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would…
— Alexander Hamilton
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`Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every…
— George Washington
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In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its…
— James Madison
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The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not…
— Thomas Jefferson
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[I]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control over…
— James Madison
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The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought…
— Noah Webster
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I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of…
— George Washington
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God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we…
— Millard Fillmore
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Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not…
— William McKinley
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Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,…
— Benjamin Franklin
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In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.
— Andrew Jackson
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I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon…
— Stephen A. Douglas
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