Junius Quotes on Politics
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The submission of free people to the executive authority of government, is no more than a compliance with laws which they themselves have enacted.
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I believe there is yet a spirit of resistance in this country, which will not submit to be oppressed; but I am sure there is a fund of good sense in this country, which cannot be deceived.
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They [the Americans] equally detest the pageantry of a king, and the supercilious hypocrisy of a bishop.
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There is a holy mistaken zeal in politics as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.
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The government of England is a government of law. We betray ourselves, we contradict the spirit of our laws, and we shake the whole system of English jurisprudence, whenever we entrust a discretionary power over the life, liberty, or fortune of the subject to any man, or set of men, whatsoever, upon a presumption that it will not be abused.
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The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures.