"The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God." (God through the tongue of David in 2 Samuel 23:3)
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." (First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America)
"Without God, there is no virtue, because there’s no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we’re mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under." (Ronald Reagan, August 23, 1984)
"The preservation of a free government requires ... [that it not] be suffered to overleap the great Barrier which defends the rights of the people. The Rulers who are guilty of such an encroachment, exceed the commission from which they derive their authority and are Tyrants. The people who submit to it are governed by laws made neither by themselves nor by an authority derived from them, and are slaves." (James Madison)
"If their princes exceed their bounds, Madam, it is no doubt that they may be resisted even by power." (John Knox said this when questioned by Queen Mary about his views which legitimized subjects resisting their princes. Note: Knox was only partly right. Only civil disobedience is allowed, and that only when it is contrary to the Bible. The New Testament never tells Christians of this Age to resist Government by power [2 Cor 10:3-5; Eph 6:11-13]. Only governments are authorized by God to resist/subdue/punish tyrants and other evil doers [Rom 13])