Government Quotes

"The main difference between government bailouts and charity is the recipient’s acknowledgment and the preparatory process" "The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms" "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death" "The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny" "The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government" "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself" "Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness" "The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves " "Government has no other end but the preservation of property" "Politics is the art of controlling your environment" "The essence of government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse " "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government" "We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security" "All plans of government which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind are plainly imaginary" "Justice is the end of government It is the end of civil society It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit"