“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.”
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Source: Collected essays
“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
Source: Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way
Source: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson
Source: The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence 1786-1787
“The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.”
Source: A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
“I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.”
Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.”
“The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.”
Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.”
Source: The Great Reckoning: Protecting Yourself in the Coming Depression
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Source: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis
“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”
Source: The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution
Source: 1829-1836
Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution: Written in 1788
Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
Source: Thurgood Marshall: His Speeches, Writings, Arguments, Opinions, and Reminiscences
Source: Works: with a life of the author
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.”
“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.”
“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
“Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.”
Source: The Law
“Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.”
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”
Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
Source: Parliament of Whores-Open Mark
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…