Every country has the government it deserves.

Every country has the government it deserves.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

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.

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.

All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.