Government Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no…

— James Madison

Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is…

— Garet Garrett

Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is…

— Garet Garrett

Republicans, supposed defenders of limited government, actually are enablers of an unlimited presidency. Their belief in strict construction of the Constitution evaporates, and they…

— George Will

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity…

— Benjamin Rush

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'

— John Adams

Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property…

— George Washington

So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said, 'You have…

— Walter E. Williams

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a…

— Herbert Spencer

The reason a person is a republican is because something is wrong with them. Again, that's science - that's neuroscience. You cannot be well…

— Janeane Garofalo

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

— Thomas Jefferson

I have been a Republican as long as I can remember.

— Max Boot