100+ Founding Fathers Quotes: Inspiring Wisdom from America's Visionaries
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were visionaries whose words have inspired generations. Their insights on governance, freedom, unity, and individual rights provide a guiding light for those who aspire to understand the foundational principles of a democratic society. In this collection, we explore the profound wisdom embedded in the words of these historical figures, revealing their timeless relevance and influence on modern-day thoughts and actions. The journey through their quotes is not just a reflection of the past but a meaningful dialogue with the present and a hopeful gaze into the future.
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" – Patrick Henry
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." – Benjamin Franklin
"Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature." – Benjamin Franklin
"The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state." – John Adams
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." – Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty, according to my metaphysics, is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power." – John Adams
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." – George Washington
"If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." – George Washington
"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty." – Ho Chi Minh
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." – Thomas Jefferson
"Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power." – James Madison
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" – Patrick Henry
"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society." – Alexander Hamilton
"I pledge allegiance to the soil of Turtle Island, one ecosystem, in diversity, under the sun." – Robin Wall Kimmerer
"Equal laws protecting equal rights... the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country." – James Madison
"The foundation of every system is ultimately equality and justice." – James Madison
"The most sacred of the duties of a government is to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." – Thomas Jefferson
"The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government." – George Washington
"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals." – George Washington
"There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail." – Thomas Jefferson
"Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society." – Alexander Hamilton
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." – Martin Luther King Jr.
"The government has not the right to make a law nullifying a right guaranteed by the Constitution." – Caldwell
"The best weapon of the oppressed is the mind of the oppressor." – Malcolm X
"United we stand, divided we fall." – Patrick Henry
"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." – Benjamin Franklin
"Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men." – John Adams
"A strong sense of identity creates cohesiveness, unity, and a sense of security." – Patricia Sampson
"Remember that you are no longer to confine yourself to the narrow circle of your own affairs but are to participate in the good government of a great empire." – Alexander Hamilton
"National progress is the sum of individual industry, energy, and uprightness, as national decay is of individual idleness, selfishness, and vice." – John Stuart Mill
"In subjects of speculation and science, we must take the word of God Himself." – Isaac Newton
"Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction." – Thomas Jefferson
"If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?" – John Adams
"It is essential to make matters of property rights clear in advance to avoid wealthy Zionist organizations buying land." – Benjamin Franklin
"The country's national unity and territorial integrity were absolute and supreme and must not be abrogated or diminished." – Gerald R. Ford
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." – James Madison
"The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries." – Alexander Hamilton
"Power always thinks it has a great Soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak." – John Adams
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it." – Thomas Jefferson
"The happiness of society is the end of government." – John Adams
"Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories." – Thomas Jefferson
"The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government." – Thomas Paine
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." – George Washington
"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is." – Thomas Jefferson
"Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." – Thomas Jefferson
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." – Thomas Jefferson
"The wise and frugal government, shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned." – Thomas Jefferson
"The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power." – Alexander Hamilton
"The government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves." – Thomas Jefferson
"A constitution is designed to organise a country in terms of the system, governance and people’s solvency." – Thomas Ranjit
"Rebellion to tyranny is obedience to God." – Benjamin Franklin
"The right to enjoy the world, to draw around his family and friends that share his happiness, attention, and character structure is a man’s responsibility." – Samuel Adams
"One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, & with a willingness to accept the penalty. – Martin Luther King Jr.
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty." – James Madison
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground." – Thomas Jefferson
"Justice and the law are two distinct legal concepts; rights are eternal, sometimes legally defined." – Alexander Hamilton
"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." – Thomas Jefferson
"The idea of absolute freedom is fiction; no freedom is absolute." – John Donne
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." – George Washington
"Commerce and the cultivation of the finer arts will move our nation to greater heights." – Thomas Jefferson
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." – Thomas Jefferson
"A well-educated populace is the best defense against tyranny." – Thomas Jefferson
"Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness." – George Washington
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." – Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
"The foundation of every state is the education of its youth." – Diogenes Laertius
"The best way to predict your future is to create it." – Abraham Lincoln
"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel." – Socrates
"Slavery is incompatible with a person’s prospects to learn." – Patrick Henry
"Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death." – Albert Einstein
"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds." – Plato
"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action." – Herbert Spencer
"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." – George Washington
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." – Nathan Hale
"The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree." – Thomas Campbell
"Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history." – Mary Roach
"It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the man whose people have been here many generations." – Henry Cabot Lodge
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." – John F. Kennedy
"Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be." – Douglas MacArthur
"He loves his country best who strives to make it best." – Robert G. Ingersoll
"A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle." – George William Curtis
"Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." – James Bryce
"Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." – George Bernard Shaw
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." – Mark Twain
"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." – George Washington
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." – James Madison
"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none." – Thomas Jefferson
"Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions." – Winston Churchill
"I see no wisdom in tax debt, nor in trade imbalance." – Alexander Hamilton
"The real and lasting victories are those of peace and not of war." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one." – Voltaire
"The science of diplomacy, like every other science, grows by observation." – Booker T. Washington
"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens." – Thomas Jefferson
"A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit." – Thomas Jefferson
"A man need not swear eternal allegiance to a government that he'd be ashamed of." – James Madison
"Diplomacy is the art of building bridges with a handshake." – Abraham Lincoln
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." – Peter Drucker
"When there is no restriction, there is no opportunity." – Thomas Jefferson
"The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness." – Thomas Jefferson
"Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants." – Epictetus
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." – Franklin D. Roosevelt
"A penny saved is a penny earned." – Benjamin Franklin
"Investment in knowledge pays the best interest." – Benjamin Franklin
"Opportunity lies in the man's ability to always enhance himself." – John Adams
"The business of America is business." – Calvin Coolidge
"Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry and commerce." – James A. Garfield
"Chamber of Strength Philosophy is culture and will change a person." – Benjamin Franklin
"The moment you make passive income and portfolio income a part of your life, your life will change." – Robert Kiyosaki
"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." – Jonathan Swift
"Chance favors the prepared mind." – Louis Pasteur
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." – Steve Jobs
"If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." – Isaac Newton
"The future depends on what you do today." – Mahatma Gandhi
"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." – Sam Levenson
"There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period." – Brené Brown
"Creativity is intelligence having fun." – Albert Einstein
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become." – Buddha
"Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times." – Napoleon Hill
"What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?" – Vincent Van Gogh
"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." – Albert Schweitzer
