Quotes about People

Consistency is contrary to nature contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.

The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.

I never met a man that I didn't like.

Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.

I know there isn't no beast—not with claws and all that, I mean—but I know there isn't no fear, either." Piggy paused. "Unless—" Ralph moved restlessly. "Unless what?" "Unless we get frightened of people.

This is a time when all of God's people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.