· “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” ~ Thomas Jefferson (Or, possibly, Edmund Burke. Also, maybe, John Stuart Mill.)
· “Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security” ~ Benjamin Franklin
· “If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?” ~ John Adams (Actually, it is perhaps more accurately attributed to Abigail Adams.)
· “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” ~ George Washington
· “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” ~ Patrick Henry (Maybe)
· “In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.” ~ James Madison
· “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.” ~ Alexander Hamilton
· “Those who own the country ought to govern it.” ~ John Jay
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