The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

Thomas Jefferson

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

George Washington 1796

A Republic...if you can keep it.

Benjamin Franklin, 1787

There is so much Rascallity, so much Venality, so much Avarice and Ambition such a Rage for Profit and Commerce among all Ranks and  Degrees of Men even in America, that I sometimes doubt whether there is public Virtue enough to Support a Republic.

John Adams 1776

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President 1901 - 1909

There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots.

Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President 1869 - 1877

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Harry S. Truman
33rd U.S. President 1945 - 1953

10 men in our country could buy the whole world; and 10 million can't buy enough to eat.

Will Rogers
Actor, Journalist, and 1928 U.S. Presidential Candidate

"We must find a way to take an appeal from the Supreme Court to the Constitution itself. We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution—not over it. In our Courts we want a government of laws and not of men."

FDR Fireside Chat - March 9th, 1937

We have the best Government that money can buy.

Mark Twain
Author, Journalist, and Washington Syndicate Correspondent

That, in its essence, is Fascism — ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President 1933 - 1945

Unless the people, through unified action, arise and take charge of their government, they will find that their government has taken charge of them.

Calvin Coolidge
U.S. President 1923 - 1929

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

Woodrow Wilson
U.S. President 1913 - 1921

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.

Theodore Roosevelt - 1905

This is a government of the people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.

Rutherford B. Hayes
U.S. President 1877 - 1881

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

James Madison
U.S. President 1809 - 1817

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

Andrew Jackson 1832

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.

Thomas Jefferson 1807

The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.

Abraham Lincoln 1859