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A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should read more
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A camel is a horse designed by committee.
A camel is a horse designed by committee.
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; read more
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
