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When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.
The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to read more
The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - "to spew out paper."
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?
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought read more
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
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.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work read more
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.