Government Quote by James Madison

[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.

— James Madison

[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution…

— John Adams

[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit…

— Alexander Hamilton

[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

— Collin Peterson

[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression,…

— James Madison

[I]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on temporary, but…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

— John Updike

[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes -…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has…

— George Washington

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

— Alexander Hamilton

I am the government.

— Andrew Cuomo

[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be…

— William Rehnquist