“In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example … of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most triumphant epoch of its history, and the most consoling presage of its happiness.”
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison
Awareness
"Pure democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; and have, in general, been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths."
- James Madison
Awareness
"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money."
- James Madison
Belief
"America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts."
- James Madison
Belief
"Ambition must be made to counteract ambition."
- James Madison
Balance
"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness."
- Elbert Hubbard
Liberation
"Loyal customers, they don’t just come back, they don’t simply recommend you—they insist that their friends do business with you."
- Chip Bell
Liberation
"You don’t earn loyalty in a day. You earn loyalty day-by-day."
- Jeffrey Gitomer
Liberation
"It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery."
Liberation
"Where liberty is, there is my country."
- Benjamin Franklin
Liberation