Social Compact Quotes

8 quotes by 8 authors

• Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to… — James Madison
• Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That… — John Quincy Adams
• The ordinary response to atrocities is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is… — Judith Lewis Herman
• Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides… — Carl Bernstein
• It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals, that is, by… — John C. Calhoun
• While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select few… — John Ridley
• Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things well. In the… — Nancy Gibbs
• The bringing-about of order is the first and fundamental task of government. We accept limits on our rights for the sake of a larger social… — Jon Meacham

Who Wrote These Social Compact Quotes

8 authors contributed a total of 8 Social Compact Quotes as follows:

• 1 Social Compact Quote by Jon Meacham
• 1 Social Compact Quote by James Madison
• 1 Social Compact Quote by John Quincy Adams
• 1 Social Compact Quote by Judith Lewis Herman
• 1 Social Compact Quote by Carl Bernstein
• 1 Social Compact Quote by John C. Calhoun
• 1 Social Compact Quote by John Ridley
• 1 Social Compact Quote by Nancy Gibbs