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"The freemen of America will remember, that it is very easy to change a free government into an arbitrary, despotic, or military one: but it is very difficult, almost impossible to reverse the matter—very difficult to regain freedom once lost."

By:	Freeman’s Journal (more quotes by Freeman’s Journal or books by/about Freeman’s Journal)
Source:	Freeman’s Journal (Philadelphia), March 5, 1788
Categories:	Freedom, Government, Despotism, Militarism, Tyranny, Defense, Responsibility
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