Does the government fear us? Or do we fear the government? When the
people fear the government, tyranny has found victory. The federal government is our servant, not our master! -Thomas Jefferson
It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an
irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds
- Samuel Adams
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will
ever be liable to
abuse.
- James Madison
One man with courage is a majority.
- Thomas Jefferson
I consider
trial by jury
as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
- Thomas Jefferson
The only maxim of a free government ought to be to
trust no
man living with power to endanger the public
liberty - John Adams
Our citizens
may be deceived for
awhile, and
have been
deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.
- Thomas Jefferson
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
When once a republic is
corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by
removing the corruption and restoring its lost
principles;
every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
- Thomas Jefferson
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty. -Samuel Adams
