“This nation, under God,

shall have a new birth of freedom ~

and that government of the people,

by the people, for the people,

shall not perish from the earth.”

– Abraham Lincoln,
The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

 

Experience hath shown,

that even under the best forms of government,

those entrusted with power have, in time,

and by slow operations,

perverted it into tyranny.

– Thomas Jefferson

 

When the people fear the government,

there is tyranny.

When the government fears the people,

there is liberty.

– Thomas Jefferson

 

I believe that banking institutions

are more dangerous to our liberties

than standing armies.

– Thomas Jefferson

 

If the freedom of speech is taken away

then dumb and silent we may be led,

like sheep to the slaughter.

– George Washington