Aristocracy Quote by Thomas Jefferson

That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought…

— George Mason

I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other…

— Thomas Jefferson

“But whoever seriously considers the immense extent of territory comprehended within the limits of the United States, together with the variety of its climates,…

— George Clinton

I think the founding fathers, in their genius, created a system of three co-equal branches of government and a built-in system of checks and…

— James Clapper

[Virginia] has a very sizeable collection of democrats, liberals and moonbats. (Yes, they can be separated.)

— John Ringo

“It is *essential* to such a government, that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or…

— James Madison

“One of the strangest phenomena of our time, and one that will probably be a matter of astonishment to our descendants, is the doctrine…

— Frédéric Bastiat

I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

— Alexander Hamilton

“The essence of its failure was that it could not sustain unity. In its early stages its citizens, both patrician and plebeian, had a…

— H.G. Wells

“What you seem so unwilling to accept, even now, is this: that the ideals which supported the old republic had no correspondence to the…

— John Williams