Politics Quotes

"The constitution which you adore, and the government you form, should be sacredly devoted to the welfare of the American people."

"The general government is exercising powers not delegated to it."

"Government is a subject of the greatest importance to every man; it touches him in his rights, his liberty, his life."

"A nation's strength lies not in its armies alone, but in the character of its leaders."

"The conflict between liberty and authority is the most fundamental problem in political science."

"Corruption is the enemy of good governance and public trust."

"Dissent is not disloyalty; it is the highest form of patriotism."

"The accumulation of power in few hands is the precursor to tyranny."

"A government that fears its people is a government that should be feared."

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."

"We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings."

"The extent of federal authority should not be stretched beyond its prescribed limits."

"In a government like ours it is the duty of individuals to be interested in the laws and in the administration of public affairs."

"The people possess the power, yet the government possesses the sword."

"Our country is too large to have all its important concerns decided by a single legislature."

"In the republican form of government, the legislative, executive and judicial powers are forever separated."

"The Constitution created a government of limited powers."

"The Constitution gives to the President merely the power of execution, not of legislation."

"I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin."

"The human heart is the first home of democracy."

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free people ought to be to trust no man, but bind him down with the chains of the Constitution."

"The doctrine of the separation of powers was not made by the convention to be a separation of the persons holding the powers, but of the powers themselves."

"Faction is the curse of a free people."

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government of the people, but for the limitation of government."

"The politics of fear and division destroy nations; unity builds them."

"A nation's strength lies not in the loyalty of its generals, but in the virtue of its people."

"A nation divided against itself cannot stand against external enemies."

"A nation's future rests upon the moral foundation of its present."

"A nation betrayed by its own servants is doubly wounded."

"A nation divided against itself cannot stand, but neither can a man."