Government

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

Thomas Jefferson

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Albert Einstein

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Thomas Jefferson

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

Theodore Roosevelt

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

Abraham Lincoln

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

A government of laws, and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Thomas Jefferson

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

Thomas Jefferson

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Jefferson Davis

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