Defense Quote by George Washington

I emphasize the reply that the liberty which a citizen enjoys is to be measured, not by the nature of the governmental machinery he…

— Herbert Spencer

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.

— Thomas Jefferson

'Tis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out…

— John Locke

Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be…

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Modern governments actually spend relatively little on programs and systems that benefit all citizens, such as national defense or the judicial system; mainly they…

— Thomas J. DiLorenzo

A distinction of property results from that very protection which a free Government gives to unequal faculties of acquiring it.

— James Madison

Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Government, if it has any purpose at all (and many libertarians doubt it does), should be restricted to the protection of its citizens' persons…

— Brian Doherty

The liberty the citizen enjoys is to be measured not by governmental machinery he lives under, whether representative or other, but by the paucity…

— Herbert Spencer

So government acts as a safeguard of our property.

— William Weld

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

— John Marshall

That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and…

— James Madison