Abolish Quote by Jefferson Davis

Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alteror to abolish it, &…

— Anonymous

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Cory Doctorow

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people…

— Thomas Jefferson

“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Declaration of Independence

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands…

— Sam Houston

The purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people.

— Bill Clinton

The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.

— William J. Clinton

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

The only ends for which governments are constituted, and obedience rendered to them, are the obtaining of and protection; and they who cannot provide…

— Algernon Sidney

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

We throw to the winds the old dogma that governments can give rights. Before governments were organized, no one denies that each individual possessed…

— Susan B. Anthony