Government Quote by James D. Best

“It is our theory that the people own the government, not that the government should own the people.”

— Calvin Coolidge

As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches…

— James Madison

The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of…

— Alexander Hamilton

“During the previous eight years of Republican rule, this conservative corporate elite had consolidated its power, amassing enormous sway over the U.S. government’s regulatory…

— Jane Mayer

“Sumner asserted that without equality of citizens before the law and full consent of the governed, a government could not be considered republican. It…

— Richard White

If, then, the control of the people over the organs of their government be the measure of its republicanism, and I confess I know…

— Thomas Jefferson

I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man.

— Samuel Adams

“The GOP had better get past its angst—either that or be prepared to accept a government that is more a centralized dictatorship than a…

— Andrew McCarthy

The further the departure from direct and constant control by the citizens, the less has the government of the ingredient of republicanism.

— Thomas Jefferson

“This is a classic ploy familiar to revolutionary leaders throughout history: the failure of the revolution proves the need to radicalize it. This is…

— Mark Lilla

A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not indeed in…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Long habit had accustomed the American people to the notion of a party in power, and of a President as its creature and organ,…

— James Russell Lowell