Patriot Echoes – Preserving 250 years of patriot liberty.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
- March 7, 1835, 191 years ago — Death of Benjamin Tallmadge.
- March 11, 1731, 295 years ago — Birth of Robert Treat Paine, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Topic: Power
Quotes
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“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. ”
George Washington , Diary Entry · View -
“Faction is the enemy of liberty because it seeks power without principle. ”
Gouverneur Morris , Convention Notes · View -
“There is no power above them, to control any of their decisions Men placed in this situation will generally soon feel themselves independent of heaven itself. ”
Robert Yates (Brutus) , Brutus. Essay XV, 20 Mar 1788. · View -
“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ”
James Madison , Constitutional Convention Notes · View -
“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. ”
Alexander Hamilton , Federalist Papers No. 1 · View -
“Power, when unchecked, soon becomes oppression. ”
Mercy Otis Warren , History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution · View