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Richard Henry Lee has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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If Parliament may take from me one shilling in the pound, what security have I for the other nineteen?
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A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves... and include all men capable of bearing arms.
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It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by…
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It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.
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To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for…
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Militias, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves and include all men capable of bearing arms. [...] To preserve liberty…
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The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia…
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To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms...
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The first maxim of a man who loves liberty, should be never to grant to rulers an atom of power that is…
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Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially…
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So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free…
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Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us…
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I believe it is in the national interest that government stand side-by-side with people of faith who work to change lives for…
— George W. Bush
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Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.
— Ludwig von Mises
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It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.
— Richard Henry Lee
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If men be good, government cannot be bad.
— William Penn
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Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.
— Clarence Thomas
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Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so.
— Robert H. Jackson
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In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only,…
— James Madison
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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them…
— William Penn
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If this Government cannot get the adjustment, get manufacturing going again, and keep moderate wage outcomes and a sensible economic policy, then…
— Paul Keating
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Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.
— Kim Campbell
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The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal…
— Marquis de Sade
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In the early stages of a pregnancy, the Government cannot intervene with a woman's right to choose. That is it, plain and…
— Barbara Boxer
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