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Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die.

Liberty's in every blow!
Let us do or die.

by Robert Burns Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
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. . . The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to
determine whether a republican government is practicable in a
nation or not.

by John Quincy Adams Found in: Government Quotes,
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A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and read more

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far read more

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.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Government Quotes,
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Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto
himself; it invites anarchy.

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them read more

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

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Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more

Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world
at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on
the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.

by John Bright Found in: Government Quotes,
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In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Liberty Quotes,
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