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Republican Government Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and the sub-division of…
- The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management.
- A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at…
- [A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.
- He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what…
- A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.
More Republican Government Quotes
- We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate… — Alexander Hamilton
- There are two subjects, indeed, which I shall claim a right to further as long as I breathe: the public education, and… — Thomas Jefferson
- The true foundation of republican government is the equal right of every citizen in his person and property and in their management. — Thomas Jefferson
- The United States is no more a Christian nation because most of its citizens are Christians than it is a 'white' nation… — John Stuart Mill
- A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people — Susan B. Anthony
- I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government. — Alexander Hamilton
- If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . .… — Noah Webster
- The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it.… — Noah Webster
- I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in… — Alexander Hamilton
- Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought… — George Washington
- The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison
- A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is… — Thomas Jefferson