Tempest at Dawn Quotes

“We must endure the ignorant to protect the liberty of the majority.”
― James D. Best, Tempest at Dawn

“Republican theory clearly stated that the people held all political power, and only they could delegate authority to a government. The people were free to change governments at will. They didn't need permission from incumbents.”
― James D. Best, Tempest at Dawn

“Our forefathers bequeathed to us far more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring Constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than any document ever written by man. After fifty-five convention delegates worked on it ceaselessly for four months, three million people argued about it for two years, and only then was it ratified by conventions of the people so it could become the supreme law of the land. And immediately after it was put in force, Congress acceded to popular demand by proposing ten amendments that restricted the government from abridging the rights of the governed. Was”
― James D. Best, Tempest at Dawn

“Neither nations nor children should be conceived in public.”
― James D. Best, Tempest at Dawn