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Quotes on liberty and self-government

These free government quotes reflect classic political philosophy on liberty, warning that even a free government must guard against concentrated power.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Christian Religion
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Nov 07, 2020

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government ought to be instructed.

Quotes by Noah Webster

Day
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Nov 07, 2020

England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although she has not lost her liberty or fallen into anarchy, yet we behold the population of England crushed to the earth by the superincumbent weight of debt and taxation, which may one day terminate in revolution.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

Effectual
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Nov 07, 2020

The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.

Quotes by John Adams

Man
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Nov 07, 2020

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

Quotes by John Adams

Other lines connect free government to civic education and historical caution, including a warning about holding provinces under subjection.

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