Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

"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.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and read more

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

A goverment that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far read more

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.