"The lesson that Americans today have forgotten or never learned -- the lesson which our ancestors tried so hard to teach -- is that the greatest threat to our lives, liberty, property, and security is not some foreign government, as our rulers so often tell us. The greatest threat to our freedom and well-being lies with our own government!." -- Jacob G. Hornberger American author, journalist, politician, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation Source: Gun Control, Patriotism and Civil Disobedience, Pamphlet published by International Society for Individual Liberty
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Jacob.Hornberger.Quote.8B3E
"Let Mr. Madison tell me when did liberty ever exist when the sword and the purse were given up from the people? Unless a miracle shall interpose, no nation ever did, nor ever can retain its liberty after the loss of the sword and the purse." -- Patrick Henry (1736-1799) US Founding Father Source: 3 J. Elliot, The Debates In The Several States Conventions On The Adoption Of The Federal Constitution 168-69 (1836 Reprinted 1941).
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Patrick.Henry.Quote.8B22
"[It is not the purpose nor right of Congress] to attend to what generosity and humanity require, but to what the Constitution and their duty require." -- William Branch Giles (1762-1830) American statesman, US Senator and Congressman from Virginia, 24th Governor of Virginia Source: 1796, spoken on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning a proposed relief measure for fire victims.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Giles.Quote.8AE6
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