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.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government read more

Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as
regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world
at this hour? And for this simple reason, that it is based on
the will, and the good will, of an instructed people.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

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

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

States are great engines moving slowly.

States are great engines moving slowly.

Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty
universe.

Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty
universe.

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.

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

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