Anarchy Quote by George Washington

At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or…

— James Madison

The moment a mere numerical superiority by either states or voters in this country proceeds to ignore the needs and desires of the minority,…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

— Edmund Burke

Republicans are a shrinking minority ruling an increasingly angry majority that not only wants to change the Republican policies that are moving wealth upward,…

— Heather Cox Richardson

If the citizens neglect their duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted . . . . If a…

— Noah Webster

A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against…

— James Madison

We're in a state of crisis where our nation is literally ripping apart at the seams right now, and lawlessness is occurring from one…

— Michele Bachmann

The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a…

— Alexander Hamilton

If Republican legislators succumb to their political addiction to compromise for the sake of getting something passed, no matter how odious, they'll be laying…

— David Limbaugh

The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of…

— Lysander Spooner

Where the law of the majority ceases to be acknowledged, there government ends; the law of the strongest takes its place, and life and…

— Thomas Jefferson

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

— Evan Esar