Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818
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“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art
Source: Two Treatises of Government: With a Supplement, Patriarcha, by Robert Filmer
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.”
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1793-1798
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.”
Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
Source: James Madison's
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”
Source: THOMAS PAINE Ultimate Collection: Political Works, Philosophical Writings, Speeches, Letters & Biography (Including Common Sense, The Rights of Man & The Age of Reason): The American Crisis, The Constitution of 1795, Declaration of Rights, Agrarian Justice, The Republican Proclamation, Anti-Monarchal Essay, Letters to Thomas Jefferson and George Washington…
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.”
“The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.”
Source: Young Statesman
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.”
“The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions”
Source: The beauties of the Hon. Daniel Webster: selected and arranged, with a critical essay on his genius and writings
“It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.”
Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
Source: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”
Source: Churchill By Himself