Quotes from our Founding Fathers: Extremist, Radicals, Revolutionaries
"A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government hones and unoppresive." Thomas Jefferson
"And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever." Thomas Jefferson
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves, therefore, are its only safe depositories." Thomas Jefferson
"He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for it he violates this duty, he establishes precedent that will reach to himself" Thomas Paine
"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." James Madison
"Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world."
George Washington
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people out to constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government." George Washington
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I can hear their voices echoing in my ears. What beautiful, true words they speak. Oops, guess that puts me on a watchlist.
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