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Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments
We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves
We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves
Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military
I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society
Our enemy sees us clearly. ... They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
What experience and history teach is this - that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society
The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests
Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between Church and State
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights
It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy
A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children
Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it
Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer
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