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"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government , so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so it will not becoame the legalized version of the first."
--Thomas Jefferson

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent, it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
--George Washington

"There is Danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."
--John Adams

"We find the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. It watches prosperity as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute."
--Thomas Paine

"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions."
--James Madison

"A wise and frugal government , which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government."
--John Adams

"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
--James Madison

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny, when the governemtn fears the people, there is liberty."
--Thomas Jefferson

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary comfort deserve neither liberty nor comfort."
--Benjamin Franklin