Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

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.

Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If read more

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it

Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my read more

Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political life, which is this: a belief that that country is best governed, which is least governed ...