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Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

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If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

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Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

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I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of...more

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A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise ...more

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Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.