Cherish Quote by Patrick Pearse

The republic, as I at least understand it, means association, of which liberty is only an element, a necessary antecedent. It means association, a…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of rights.

— Thomas Jefferson

Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom, the right…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of…

— Vaclav Havel

[A] republic . . . [is] a government, in which the property of the public, or people, and of every one of them was…

— John Adams

Ours is a representative republic with a Constitution in which is recognized the natural law and the natural rights of man. It is a…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious…

— James Madison

The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.

— Andrew Johnson

Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every citizen should…

— Grover Cleveland

The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as…

— Alexander Hamilton

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

— John Wesley

Our Declaration of Independence guarantees full equality for all our citizens.

— Yoav Gallant