Authority Quote by James Madison

The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger…

— James Madison

He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

— Anonymous

One citizen, or a few, may be powerless if all the rest are determined to benefit from the imposition of unjust supranational rules. But…

— Thomas Pogge

“once the citizenry acquiesces to a new power, believing that it does not affect them, it becomes institutionalized and legitimized and objection becomes impossible.”

— Glenn Greenwald

“In more recent testimony he added, “The president has in fact exceeded his authority in a way that is creating a destabilizing influence in…

— Andrew McCarthy

When the President signs this act, the invisible government by the money power will be legalized.

— Charles Lindbergh

He who is permitted by law to have no property of his own, can with difficulty conceive that property is founded in anything but…

— Thomas Jefferson

He who takes the oath today to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States only assumes the solemn obligation which every…

— Grover Cleveland

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.

— Ludwig von Mises

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

“But when the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be…

— Edmund Burke

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a…

— Thomas Paine