Usurpation Quotes

"I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations "

"The government will neither believe itself to possess the power, nor permit it to be usurped by others"

"The capacity for self-government and the determination to protect their own liberties must resist usurpations as well as avoid making them "