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Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own

I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all the rights reserved to the States, and the consolidation in itself of all powers, foreign and domestic; and that, too, by constructions which, if legitimate, leave no limits to their power... It is but too evident that the three ruling branches of the Federal government are in combination to strip their colleagues, the State authorities, of the powers reserved by them, and to exercise themselves all functions foreign and domestic

An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers

Every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact casus non faederis to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits. Without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them

The purpose of a written constitution is to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.

The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects, beyond which it cannot extend its jurisdiction

It has been objected also against a bill of rights, that, by enumerating particular exceptions to the grant of power, it would disparage those rights which were not placed in that enumeration, and it might follow by implication, that those rights which were not singled out, were intended to be assigned into the hands of the general government, and were consequently insecure. This is one of the most plausible arguments I have ever heard urged against the admission of a bill of rights into this system; but, I conceive, that may be guarded against. I have attempted it, as gentlemen may see by turning to the last clause of the 4th resolution

He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself

The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter

If people behaved like governments, you'd call the cops
 share this Government saying   Kelvin Throop

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy

The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it
 share this Government saying   Benjamin Lichtenberg

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them
 share this Government saying   Karl Marx

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens
 share this Government saying   Edgar A. Suter

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think
 share this Government saying   Unknown

The cure for capitalism's failing would require that a government would have to rise above the interests of one class aloneRobert L. Heilbroner
 share this Government saying   Robert L. Heilbroner

Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it
 share this Government saying   Richard Lamm

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens - and then everybody disagrees
 share this Government saying   Boris Marshalov

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