Public Liberty Quotes
22 Public Liberty quotes by 9 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 people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of…
— Samuel Adams
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Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.…
— James Madison
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The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
— James Madison
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If the question [before justices of the peace] relate to any point of public liberty, or if it be one of those in which the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very precise rules, the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
— Samuel Adams
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Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred…
— Patrick Henry
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I may err in my measures, but never shall deflect from the intention to fortify the public liberty by every possible means, and to put…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Suspicion is a virtue as long as its object is the public good, and as long as it stays within proper bounds. ... Guard with…
— Patrick Henry
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It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and…
— Samuel Adams
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It gives me pleasure to find that public liberty is effectually secured in each and all the policies of the United States, though somewhat differently…
— Ezra Stiles
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It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security against…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.…
— James Madison
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In all tyrannical governments the supreme magistracy, or the right both of making and of enforcing the laws, is vested in one and the same…
— William Blackstone
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Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up…
— Patrick Henry
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
— James Madison
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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
Who Wrote These Public Liberty Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 22 Public Liberty Quotes as follows: