FINAL ARBITRATOR – THE PEOPLE
Without Freedom of Thought there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as Public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech. Benjamin Franklin, writing as Silence Dogood, No. 8, July 9, 1722
The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union. Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823
[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government. Thomas Jefferson, letter to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison, letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. James Madison, Public Opinion, December 19, 1791
It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn. George Washington, letter to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, September 5, 1789
Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness. George Washington, letter to the Residents of Boston, October 27, 1789
[T]he propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained. George Washington, First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union. Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 1823
[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government. Thomas Jefferson, letter to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813
A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. James Madison, letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. James Madison, Public Opinion, December 19, 1791
It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn. George Washington, letter to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, September 5, 1789
Your love of liberty — your respect for the laws — your habits of industry — and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness. George Washington, letter to the Residents of Boston, October 27, 1789
[T]he propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained. George Washington, First Inaugural Address, April 30, 1789
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