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.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical read more

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using read more

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification

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 worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them read more

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.