Quotes About Independence

We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility.

The very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

Any nations right to a form of government and economic system of its own choosing is inalienable. Any nations attempt to dictate to other nations their form of government is indefensible.

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.

We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.

If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room.

It is the responsibility of the citizens to support their government. It is not the responsibility of the government to support its citizens.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

You cannot preach self-government and liberty to people in a starving land.

Liberty is always freedom from the government.

I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted.

Government is best which governs least

What I can't understand is, how can anybody figure now that the government can support us, when we support the government.

The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

On July 4 we celebrate government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or as they are now called, corporations.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

The early American knew that freedom was nothing more than the absence of external restraint on behavior; the government could not give you freedom, it could only take it away.

Better to be uneducated than educated by your government.