“The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.”
0 likes
Author detail
This author page remains available for legacy URL compatibility, including alias-backed slug support.
Quotes
Showing 41-51 of 51
“The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.”
0 likes
“I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of...”
0 likes
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”
0 likes
“When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hun...”
0 likes
“Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.”
0 likes
“Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.”
0 likes
“Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.”
0 likes
“Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.”
0 likes
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.”
1 likes
“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it.”
0 likes
“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.”
0 likes