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A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
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.
Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say read more
Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.
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 a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should read more
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom.
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in read more
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
