“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”Thomas Jefferson, 1789“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”John Adams, 1765“Here, sir, the people govern.”Alexander Hamilton, 1788“A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.”James Madison, 1810“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.”Samuel Adams, 1775“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.”George Washington, 1796“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.”Thomas Jefferson, 1789“Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.”John Adams, 1765“Here, sir, the people govern.”Alexander Hamilton, 1788“A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.”James Madison, 1810“The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.”Samuel Adams, 1775“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.”George Washington, 1796