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Good government is no substitute for self-government.
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of read more
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my read more
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political life, which is this: a belief that that country is best governed, which is least governed ...
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
