The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thomas Jefferson
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.
Mark Twain
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
Aristotle
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.
Jefferson Davis
