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Our Government Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the former…
- The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other…
- Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that,…
- If we are made in some degree for others, yet in a greater are we made for ourselves. It were contrary to feeling and indeed…
- The foundation on which (our government is) built is the natural equality of man, the denial of every pre-eminence but that annexed to legal office,…
- With all the defects in our Constitution, whether general or particular, the comparison of our government with those of Europe, is like a comparison of…
- The executive, in our government is not the sole, it is scarcely the principle, object of my jealousy. The tyranny of the legislature is the…
- I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all…
- I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined…
- Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
- I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by…
- I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction…
- The basis of our government (is) is opinion of the people.
- I have great hope that some patriotic spirit will, at a favorable moment, call (up the law for religious freedom) and make it the keystone…
- We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy, to avoid burdening the people, and arming the magistrate with…
- I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already…
- Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the essential principles of our government.
More Our Government Quotes
- In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders. — Joe Baca
- Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites… — Louis D. Brandeis
- The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit… — William J. Brennan
- It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of… — Jimmy Carter
- Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices,… — Chris Christie
- Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. — Hillary Clinton
- And that's really what's happening in this country is a violation of the First Commandment. We have become a country entrenched in… — Sharron Angle
- You can make more money on unemployment than you can going down and getting one of those jobs that is an honest… — Sharron Angle
- Unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned... they will soon so outnumber us, that all the advantages we have, will… — Benjamin Franklin
- Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the… — Alexander Hamilton
- Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark
- I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified men in running our government. — Frances Farenthold