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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort; As Well That Which Lies In the Various Rights of Individuals
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses.” – James Madison (1792)
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First Principles: The Whole Art of Government Consists In the Art of Being Honest. Only Aim To Do Your Duty, and Mankind Will Give You Credit Where You Fail
“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.” – Thomas Jefferson (1774)
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First Principles: Government…Should Be Formed To Secure and Enlarge the Exercise of the Natural Rights of Its Members
“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of … Continue reading
First Principles: The Natural Progress of Things Is For Liberty To Yield and Government To Gain Ground
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” – Thomas Jefferson (1788)
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First Principles: It Is Proper You Should Understand What I Deem the Essential Principles of Our Government…Equal and Exact Justice To All Men, of Whatever Persuasion, Religious or Political
“It is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our Government. … Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever persuasion, religious or political.” – Thomas Jefferson (1801)
First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable to Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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First Principles: The Deterioration of a Government Begins Almost Always By the Decay of Its Principles
” The Deterioration of A Government Begins Almost Always By the Decay of Its Principles.” – Montesquieu
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First Principles: Government Is Instituted For the Common Good; For the Protection, Safety, Prosperity, and Happiness of the People
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men…” – John Adams
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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed To It
“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading
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