“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? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.” -Thomas Jefferson,  First Inaugural

“The right of a nation to kill a tyrant…can no more be doubted, than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.” -John Adams,  American Founding Father, A Defense of the Constitutions of Government