Quote by William Henry Harrison Download Open image “The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.” — William Henry Harrison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement. — James Dean Copy Share Image
Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact (casus non faederis) to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
GOVERNMENT has no rights; it is a delegation from several individuals for the purpose of securing their own. It is therefore just, only so… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary which… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Once one accepts the premise of the Declaration of Independence - that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" -… — Thomas I. Emerson Copy Share Image
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
A decent and manly examination of the acts of government should not only be tolerated, but encouraged. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
The prudent capitalist will never adventure his capital . . . if there exists a state of uncertainty as to whether the Government will… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
Sound morals, religious liberty, and a just sense of religious responsibility are essentially connected with all true and lasting happiness. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
We admit of no government by divine right, believing that so far as power is concerned the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
The liberties of a people depend on their own constant attention to its preservation. — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
