Boundaries Quote by Edward Snowden

I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.

— Johnny Kelly

Government is about coercion. Limiting government is the single most important instrument for guaranteeing liberty. We're working on a third generation which has little…

— Walter E. Williams

The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds.…

— Valerie Plame

I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act…

— Barry Goldwater

“generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. [It] says what the states can’t do to you. [It] says what the federal government…

— Thom Hartmann

Our legislators are not sufficiently apprized of the rightful limits of their power; that their true office is to declare and enforce only our…

— Thomas Jefferson

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are…

— James Bovard

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

— William Howard Taft

We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.

— Ronald Reagan

We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution…

— Ron Paul

There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It…

— Lord Acton