America freedom Quote by Patrick Henry Download Open image “[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” — Patrick Henry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare America freedom American constitution American freedom American government Constitution Freedom and liberty Freedom liberty Government Government tyranny Instruments Libertarian People Politics Restraining Tea party Tyranny founding fathers Us constitution
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” -Patrick Henry” — Mark Goodwin Copy Share
The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a… — William Paterson Copy Share Image
The constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield… — David Davis Copy Share Image
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience;… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.” — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps? — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
There's a lot to love about America - freedom, the melting pot of diversity, individualism - all attractive concepts, especially to an introvert. In… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's resolve. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans... — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
While lawyers are arguing about the PATRIOT Act or the America Freedom Act, the point is, the terrorists have moved on, the technologists have… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“That’s the miracle of America. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others. — William Allen White Copy Share Image
I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that's… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Between a balanced republic and a democracy, the difference is like that between order and chaos. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put… — John Locke Copy Share Image
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