Politics Quotes

"The purpose of law is the preservation of property and the protection of liberty."

"Politics should be grounded in ethical principles."

"La reforma es la ley fundamental de nuestro sistema republicano."

"El patriotismo no es odio a los demás, sino amor a la patria."

"Los derechos del pueblo deben prevalecer sobre los derechos del gobierno."

"Un pueblo que respeta sus leyes es un pueblo grande."

"The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."

"Political systems are best understood not through theory, but through careful observation of human behavior."

"The people are the true source of all legitimate power."

"We must build institutions that serve all, not merely the powerful."

"To expect that the freedom of trade should ever be entirely restored is as absurd as to expect that an Oceana or Utopia should ever be established."

"The best government is that which maintains the greatest equality consistent with the security of property."

"Civil society was formed to protect natural rights."

"Monarchy is the most natural form of government."

"The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long as the power lasts by which he is able to protect them."

"Sovereignty must be perpetual and absolute."

"The fear of oppression leads men to unite under government."

"Equality breeds conflict unless checked by power."

"The commonwealth requires absolute obedience to maintain peace."

"Politics without principles is tyranny."

"He that loves not his country can love nothing."

"The freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together."

"The safety of the commonwealth is the supreme law."

"All government is founded in opinion."

"Politics may be reduced to a science."

"La política debe servir al pueblo, no al poder."

"Covenants, without the sword, are but words."

"Society without authority is merely anarchy with better manners."

"A kingdom divided against itself cannot stand."

"Defiance of lawful authority begets tyranny."