Avenues Quote by James Madison

The object of every free government is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government, is the…

— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for…

— John C. Calhoun

A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become…

— Thomas Paine

As the people of the United States enjoy the great merit of having established a system of Government on the basis of human rights,…

— James Madison

The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government…

— George Washington

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so.

— Edmund Burke

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

— Thomas Jefferson

Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so,and that…

— Edmund Burke

In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles…

— Noah Webster

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.

— Edmund Burke

The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and prescribing its…

— Henry Clay