“A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be watched with a jealous eye.” PeopleShouldMayEyeLibertyDangerousStandingArmyJealous Author:Samuel Adams
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.” GivingPoliticsForceAttentionLibertyArmsCitizensGiving UpApproachGunPreservesPatriotismSuspectsJealousAmendmentsGun ControlRuinedFoundingJewels4th Of JulyFreedom And LibertyIntriguingSecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyProperty RightsFirearmsRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsIndividual LibertyGun RightsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers GunIndividual Freedom2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentFramersPublic TrustPrice Of FreedomAnti GunAmendment 1Tyranny Founding FathersStrong ArmsAmending The ConstitutionAmendment 19Amendment 4Security And FreedomAmendment 13Guards Up Author:Patrick Henry
“The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have placed it beyond a doubt that their rulers had formed settled plans to deprive them of their liberties; not to oppress an individual or a few, but to break down the fences of a free constitution, and deprive the people at large of all share in the government, and all the checks by which it is limited.” PeopleLittlesGovernmentIndividualLibertyBreakDoubtPlansShareRevolutionConstitutionChecksResistanceOppressionInstanceJealousSensibleRulersFenceBreaking DownJealous People Author:John Adams
“You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever.” MayLosesLibertyForeverRightsOughtJealousCautiousTrial By Jury Book:Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries Source: Patrick Henry in his speeches and writings and in the words of his contemporaries
“A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.” IfsHumansGodWould BeHumanityLibertyConditionsLoversAbsolutesAdmirePhrasesJealousReverseAbolish Book:God and the State Source: God and the State