 I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.  Notes on the State of Virginia - Page 275by Thomas Jefferson - 1832 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elroy McKendree Avery - United States - 1910 - 586 pages
...believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe that it is the only one whose every man, at the call of the law, would fly to the standard of the law; would meet invasions of public order, as his own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that Man cannot... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1910 - 932 pages
...preserve itself ? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call...own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - Culture - 1911 - 412 pages
...preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call...own personal concern. Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself. Can he then be trusted with the government of others?... | |
 | John Warwick Daniel - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1911 - 818 pages
...government on earth." I believe with him, also, that "this is the one nation where every man according to the law would fly to the standard of the law and would meet invasion of the law as his own personal concern." When he thus spoke our self-government was yet an... | |
 | Adam Shortt, Sir Arthur George Doughty - Canada - 1914 - 484 pages
...heralded his accession to power by declaring that the American ' was the only government where every man would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal concern.' He then reduced the army to 3000 men. Eleven years later, in 1812, after Madison and the whole party... | |
 | Teaching - 1916 - 540 pages
...understand it. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I believe this is the strongest government on earth. I believe it is the only one where every man at the call of the law would fly to the standard of the law. — JEFFERSON. God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - United States - 1916 - 598 pages
...preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the laws,, would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - Conduct of life - 1918 - 382 pages
...preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest Government on earth. I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of the laws, would fly to standard of the law, and would meet invasions of the public order as his own personal... | |
 | Virginia Bar Association, Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 468 pages
...Jefferson declared his belief that ours is the strongest government on earth, because, he said, "I believe it the only one where every man at the call...of the public order as his own personal concern." This is a noble and just tribute to the American people, and it is the characteristic here described,... | |
 | United States. President (1974-1977 : Ford) - Presidents - 1975 - 1216 pages
...disagreed with them. He believed this to be the strongest government on Earth. He said, and I quote: "I believe it the only one where every man, at the call of law would fly to the standard of the law, and would meet [every] invasion of the public order as his... | |
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