26 result(s) for Quotes On Sovereignty And Government.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
"A government that is afraid of its citizens is a democracy. Citizens that are afraid of their government is tyranny."
"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
"The greatest use of a life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..."
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"Liberty is not a gift of government; it is a gift of God."
"No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation."
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
"A nation may survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within."
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."
"The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
"Sovereignty must be given to the people, not to the elite."
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
"To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
"The function of the government is to hold a shield over its citizens, to serve them."
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed."
"Sovereignty belongs to the community that gives the government its power."
"The government is best which governs least."
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"The true safeguard of the people is to be found in the character and intelligence of the masses."
"It is the spirit of the law that matters, not the letter."
"In times of crisis, the boldest decisions are often the best."
"Democracy is not a spectator sport."
"It is better to be governed by a single tyrant than by a committee of tyrants."