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Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.
Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and read more
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand read more
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends read more
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.