Arbitrary Quote by James Madison

A government which requires of the people the contribution of the bulk of their substance and rewards cannot be classed as a free government.

— Calvin Coolidge

If people cannot limit government they will not for long be free.

— Garet Garrett

All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support…

— Lysander Spooner

Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed…

— Harry Browne

There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly…

— Joseph Sobran

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

— Alf Landon

Nothing distinguishes more clearly conditions in a free country from those in a country under arbitrary government than the observance in the former of…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

— Thaddeus Stevens

As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

— Timothy M. Dolan

You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people.

— Ayanna Pressley

...governments, including free and democratic governments, are not really friendly to freedom and democracy. They abhor any rule of law that limits their powers…

— George Jonas