Just some quotes Ive picked up along the way

Just some quotes Ive picked up along the way

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Federalist papers & Anti-Federalist papers

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~ Adlai Stevenson

Those who beat all their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't.

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. - Alexander Hamilton

“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”- Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution is the standard 2 which we are 2 cling. Under its banners...must we combat our political foes - A Hamilton

No legislative act… contrary to the #Constitution can be valid. – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Papers, 1788

When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic -Ben Franklin

When you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty -Ben Franklin

Distrust and caution are the parents of security -Ben Franklin

"Rather to go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt." Ben Franklin

He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security -Ben Franklin

Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason.~ Benjamin Franklin

Whomever desires to overthrow a nation must begin by subduing the free-ness of speech... ~Ben Franklin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself -Ben Franklin

We must all hang together gentleman, or we will most assuredly, hang separately." ~ Benjamen Franklin

"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God" ~Benjamin Franklin

”He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” -Ben Franklin

We began planning the Revolutionary War in order to issue our own money again. -Benjamin Franklin

“We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.” —Benjamin Franklin

"Disarming innocent people does not protect innocent people."- Benjamin Franklin

"For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: 'The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.'" 2 Thes 3

"There's trouble ahead when you live for the approval of others...Your task is to be true, not popular" Luke 6:26

Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death

I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty... are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us ~P. Henry

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. -Daniel Webster

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. -John Locke

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. -Adam Smith

Slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men. George Washington, 1776

No generation has a right to contract debts greater than can be paid off during the course of its own existence. - George Washington

Govt is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~George Washington

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." - George Washington

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. George Washington

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter ~G Washington

"It does not require a majority to prevail,but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds"-Sam Adams

"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property." - Thomas Jefferson

He who knows best knows how little he knows. --Thomas Jefferson

Information is the currency of democracy -Thomas Jefferson

Excessive taxation… will carry reason & reflection to every man's door, & particularly in the hour of election -T Jefferson

“There does not exist an engine so corruptive of the govt and so demoralizing of the nation as a public debt." -Thomas Jefferson

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ~Thomas Jefferson

The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it - T Jefferson

Citizens have the “right and duty to be at all times armed.” Thomas Jefferson, 1824

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security -Thomas Jefferson

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it always to be kept alive -Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."Thomas Jefferson

I have sworn upon the altar of god, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man -T Jefferson

Paper is poverty,... it is only the ghost of money, and not money itself. -Thomas Jefferson

"Never spend your money before you have earned it." -Thomas Jefferson

The democracy will cease 2 exist when U take away from those who are willing 2 work &give 2 those who would not -T Jefferson

Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated -Thomas Jefferson

Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no hook beneath it -Thomas Jefferson

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have Thomas Jefferson

The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. -Thomas Jefferson

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves ~Thomas Jefferson

"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. -Thomas Jefferson

I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. -Thomas Jefferson

2 compel a man 2 furnish funds for propagation of ideas he disbelieves&abhors is sinful & tyrannical~TJ

I predict happiness for Americans if they prevent th GOV from wasting the labors of th PPL under pretense of taking care of them~TJ

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves~TJ

"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. " – Thomas Jefferson

An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens -T Jefferson

To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual profusion and servitude -T Jefferson

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of Liberty.-Thomas Jefferson

Educate and inform the whole mass of the peopleThey are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty -Thomas Jefferson

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. ~Thomas Jefferson

I consider the people who constitute a society or nation as the source of all authority in that nation - Thomas Jefferson

For those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it Tom Paine

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. Thomas Paine

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. - Thomas Paine

It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government -Thomas Paine

My idea of government, the more simple it is, the less likely to disorder and easier repaired - Thomas Paine

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace~Tom Paine

The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind -Thomas Paine

Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness -Thomas Paine

I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire -Thomas Paine

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. -Thomas Paine

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine

We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, & to make room upon the earth for honest men to live Thomas Paine

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."~Thomas Paine

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Thomas Paine

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty ~John Adams

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom -John Adams

Liberty must at all hazards be supported John Adams

You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. John Adams

Democy never lasts long It soon wastes, exhausts & murders itself There was never a democy that did not commit suicide -J Adams

Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. -John Adams

There are 2 ways to conquer & enslave a nation.One is by the sword, the other is by debt -John Adams

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts & evidence. - J Adams

The precept of #Koran is perpetual war against all who deny that Mohamed is the prophet of God ~John Quincy Adams

The Constitution shall never be construed.. to prevent the people who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms. Samuel Adams
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! - Samuel Adams　

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. -Abraham Lincoln

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves - Abraham Lincoln

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well - Abraham Lincoln

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. ~Abraham Lincoln

Don't interfere with anything in the ConstitutionThat must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties -Lincoln

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. Abe Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. -- Abraham Lincoln

No law can give me the right to do what is wrong. - Abraham Lincoln

You cannot make a poor man rich by making another man poor -Abe Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm ~ Abe Lincoln

You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. ~ A. Lincoln

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. ~ A. Lincoln

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. ~ A. Lincoln

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. ~ A. Lincoln

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. ~ A. Lincoln

I go on the principle that a public dept is a public curse ~James Madison

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. -James Madison

Philosophy is common sense with big words. James Madison

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. Madison

Nothing in the Constitution grants Congress right 2 use constituent's money 4 benevolence -James Madison

We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! - James Monroe

"Social Justice" Forced Redistribution of wealth w/hostility towards indivd property rights under guise of Charity &/or Justice Glenn Beck

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defender of minorities -Ayn Rand

The only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off -Ayn Rand

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. Ronald Reagan

If you're afraid of the future, STAND ASIDE. The people of this country are ready to move again - Ronald Reagan

When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat - Ronald Reagan

Congress shall have no power to disarm the milita. Their swords, & every implement of the soldier, are the birth right of every American. Tench Coxe

To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth Theodore Roosevelt

"History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Progressives love the masses in general but none of them in particular -Tony Blair

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -Margaret Thatcher

If they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left -Margaret Thatcher

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty. Margaret Thatcher

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches. Margaret Thatcher

If you're not a liberal @ 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative @ 40, you have no brain -W Churchill

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. -Winston Churchill

If you Destroy the Free market, you will Create a Black Market - W Churchill

For a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle -WChurchill

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law -Winston Churchill

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, & the gospel of envy -Winston Churchill

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men J. F. Kennedy

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable J. F. Kennedy

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence Leonardo da Vinci

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men -Edmund Burke

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools -Herbert Spencer

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it -T Sowell

God sends food for the birds but he doesnt throw it in the nest Luke 12:24

Those unwilling to work will not get to eat. 2 Thessalonians 3:10

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism -Howard Zinn

To find yourself, think for yourself. Socrates

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates

I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~ Albert Einstein

If $$$ is your hope for independence you will never have it.The only real security is knowledge, experience & ability Henry Ford

To Enlighten All People About Rising Taxes Yearly - Me

What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. ~ ADRIAN ROGERS

Very few liberals are open-minded They shout you down & wont let you speak if u disagree with them John Wayne

We submitted ur request forms 4 surgery there is just 1 issue with ur last years tax return B4 we can obtain auth #tcot #tlot #teaparty #p2

Truth is hate to those who hate the truth

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid. Marcus Aurelius

The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. --Plato

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you ~ Pericles

Any man who thinks he can be prosperous by letting the Govt take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian. -Henry Ford