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• In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.

  James Madison

  Religious, Rights, Government

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in 1788”, p.241

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• The two greatest things that all men aim at in any free government are liberty and permanency. We have had liberty enough - too much perhaps in some respects - but at all events, liberty to our hearts content.

  Thomas D

  Heart, Men, Two

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• Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism - free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Men, Rights, Safety

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• No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue.

  George Mason

  Freedom, Blessing, Government

  Virginia Declaration of Rights (Article 15), June 12, 1776.

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  No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

  Andrew Jackson

  Government, People, Liberty

  Andrew Jackson (1837). “Messages ...: With a Short Sketch of His Life”, p.431

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• Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments.

  Charles Carroll of Carrollton

  Christian, Government, Sublime

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• The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, People, Liberty

  Alexander Hamilton (1850). “The works of Alexander Hamilton: comprising his correspondence, and his political and official writings, exclusive of the Federalist, civil and military. Published from the original manuscripts deposited in the Department of State, by order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress”, p.444

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• Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

  Andrew Jackson

  Blessing, Men, Race

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government.

  James Madison

  Government, Safety, Second Amendment

  James Madison (1819). “The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819”, p.379

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• In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the people is fear, by the servile dread of his power. But a free government, which of all others is far the most preferable, cannot be supported without virtue.

  Samuel Williams

  Moving, Mean, Government

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• [A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.

  Samuel Williams

  Government, Liberty, Virtue

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• The object of every free government is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government, is the happiness and aggrandizement of one, or a few, and to this the public felicity, and every other interest must submit.

  Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

  Yield, Government, Felicity

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• ... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark.

  James Madison

  Military, Government, President

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• A free government is of all others the most energetic.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Energetic

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.174, Rowman & Littlefield

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• In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Government, People, Servant

  "The Real Benjamin Franklin".

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• The Bible is the best of books, and I wish it were in the hands of every one. It is indispensable to the safety and permanence of our institutions. A free government can not exist without religion and morals, and there cannot be morals without religion. Especially should the Bible be placed in the hands of the young. It is the best school book in the world. I would that all our people were brought up under the influence of that holy book.

  Zachary Taylor

  Education, Book, School

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  A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Law, Energy

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Comprising His Correspondence, and His Political and Official Writings, Exclusive of the Federalist, Civil and Military. Published from the Original Manuscripts Deposited in the Department of State, by Order of the Joint Library Committee of Congress”, p.164

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• God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.

  Millard Fillmore

  Government, Evil, Presidential

  Millard Fillmore (1970). “Millard Fillmore Papers”

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• Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.

  Patrick Henry

  Freedom, 4th Of July, Blessing

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• The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Government, Our Generation, People

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1978). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.

  Noah Webster

  Christian, Rights, Government

  Noah Webster (1843). “A Collection of Papers on Political, Literary, and Moral Subjects”, p.291

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• All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

  James A. Garfield

  Government, People, Diversity

  "The Life of James Abram Garfield: Twentieth President of the United States". Book by Jonas Mills Bundy, 1881.

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• The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.

  Sam Houston

  Education, Government, Aquariums

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• A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are unfit for liberty.

  John Stuart Mill

  Men, Feet, People

  John Stuart Mill (2015). “On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays”, p.184, Oxford University Press, USA

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• We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, Struggle, Men

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.505, Wildside Press LLC

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