“We should indignantly frown upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts”
- George Washington
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
- John Adams
“Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.”
- James Madison
“Shame on the men who can court exemption from present trouble and expense at the price of their own posterity’s liberty!”
- Samuel Adams
“The practice of arbitrary imprisonments have been, in all ages, the favorite and most formidable instruments of tyranny.”
- Alexander Hamilton
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“When the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
- George Washington
“If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.”
- James Madison
“Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one roof.”
- James Madison