American founding fathers Quote by John Adams

[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.

— Samuel Williams

[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.

— James Madison

“Freedom is not a constitution, or the day it is declared, it's a long process and all of us, each one of us removing…

— Ari Sitas

Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It's our…

— Don Willett

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

— Calvin Coolidge

[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.

— David O. McKay

But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the…

— William O. Douglas

The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than…

— John Adams

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic…

— Gerald R. Ford

Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.

— Ferdinand Marcos

Freedom works, it turns out; the Constitution codified and structured freedom at a level unparalleled in world history.

— Oliver $

The constitutional right of free expression... is designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the decision as…

— John Marshall Harlan II