Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the read more

"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens
not to like.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

Good government is no substitute for self-government

Good government is no substitute for self-government

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.