“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal… that they are endowed… with certain unalienable Rights… Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence…”
- Articles of Confederation (1781)
“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.”
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
“The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other…”
- Articles of Confederation (1781)
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
- Federalist No. 10 (1787)
“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.”
- Federalist No. 10 (1787)
“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.”
- Federalist No. 51 (1788)
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”
- Federalist No. 51 (1788)
“Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government.”
- Federalist No. 70 (1788)
“A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.”
- Federalist No. 70 (1788)
“The judiciary… has no influence over either the sword or the purse.”
- Federalist No. 78 (1788)
“It may truly be said to have neither FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment.”
- Federalist No. 78 (1788)
“In a republic, the manners, sentiments, and interests of the people should be similar.”
- Brutus No. 1 (1787)
“The necessary and proper clause… leaves the national legislature at liberty to do everything…”
- Brutus No. 1 (1787)
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
“Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”
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