Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2015-03-26 Mar 26, 2015The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.~ Alexis de TocquevilleWhen the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.~ Benjamin FranklinThe Republican form of government is the highest form of government; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature -- a type nowhere at present existing.~ Herbert Spencer Mar 24, 2015The poorest man may in his cottage, bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter; the rain may enter; but the King of England may not enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.~ William PittA republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays and authoritarianism takes over.~ Earl WarrenThough I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature. We tried a republic last century, and it failed. Let our enemies try next. I hate political experiments.~ Sir Robert Walpole Mar 23, 2015In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws: its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.~ James MadisonThey define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.~ John AdamsWe cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a credit as an absolute prerequisite to efficient service to the public. Unless a man is honest, we have no right to keep him in public life; it matters not how brilliant his capacity.~ Theodore Roosevelt Mar 20, 2015Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. [Fr., Les republiques finissent par le luxe; les monarchies, par la pauvrete.]~ Charles de MontesquieuRepublics, like individuals, who are benefited by personal sacrifices, are proverbially ungrateful.~ Epes SargentThe same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite of its ministers." ~ Heinrich Heine Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print