“We are a nation that has a government–not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the Earth. Our Government has no power except that granted it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘U.S. Presidents’
February 22, 2009
Ronald Reagan on Government
“In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. From time to time, we have been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. But if [...]
February 16, 2009
George Washington on National Debt
“As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it; avoiding likewise the accumulation of [...]
February 14, 2009
John Adams on Government
“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.”
– John Adams, Notes for an Oration at Braintree (1772)
July 6, 2007
Thomas Jefferson on History
“History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.”
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Norvell, 14 June 1807
July 6, 2007
Thomas Jefferson on Past and Future
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
– Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, 1 August 1816
July 6, 2007
Franklin Roosevelt on Vision
“…when there is no vision the people perish…”
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, 4 March 1933
June 28, 2007
George Washington on Honesty
“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is always the best policy.”
– George Washington, Farewell Address, 19 September 1796
June 27, 2007
Franklin Roosevelt on Happiness
“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inaugural Address, 4 March 1933
June 27, 2007
John Adams on Democracy
“Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy that did not commit suicide.”
– John Adams in a letter to John Taylor, 15 April 1814
