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The true art of government consists in not governing too much.
The true art of government consists in not governing too much.
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Which government is best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our read more
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to read more
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the read more
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.