The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.
That government is best which governs least.
Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers – we need our faith-based and community partners.
Democracy passes into despotism.
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.
I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it’s all checks and no balances.
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
Government ‘help’ to business is just as disastrous as government persecution… the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
A corporation’s primary goal is to make money. Government’s primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
