If ‘pro’ is the opposite of ‘con’ what is the opposite of ‘progress’?
The essence of good government is trust.
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, subsidize it.
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!
Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
We have the best government that money can buy.
You don’t pay taxes – they take taxes.
A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
Talk is cheap – except when Congress does it.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
Socialism means slavery.
Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.
It’s not tyranny we desire; it’s a just, limited, federal government.
Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
