“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”

― Patrick Henry

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” 
― Benjamin Franklin

Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
-Samuel Adams 

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
- John Adams 

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."