“it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.”

“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.”

“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can do that. Always it is with the cooperation of the people. The people must cooperate with the government. The government will think of ways to improve the welfare of the people, but the people will have to help themselves.”

“...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.”