Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2020-04-23 Apr 23, 2020They define a republic to be a government of laws, and not of men.~ John AdamsThe danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.~ Lord ActonA constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.~ Thomas Paine Apr 22, 2020Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.~ Henry Campbell BlackFreedom is not something that can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.~ James BaldwinAs government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we once would have [the] constriction of our liberties that would have been utterly intolerable a mere half century ago.~ Judge Robert Bork Apr 21, 2020The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.~ Edward BernaysDogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.~ Felix AdlerThere 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.~ John Adams Apr 20, 2020The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which has so often ruined individuals, states and empires; and which has now brought almost universal bankruptcy upon us.~ Josiah WarrenPeople crushed by law have no hope but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws; and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous...~ Edmund BurkeWe hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.~ Aesop Apr 17, 2020Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.~ P. J. O'RourkeIt has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.~ James MadisonThere 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.~ John Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print