Government

QUOTES

It is much safer for a prince to be feared than loved.
 Nicolo Machiavelli
 The Prince, 1513

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
 Thomas Paine
 Common Sense, 1776

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
 Samuel Johnson
 Life, 1772

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it (the province) is worth.
 Lord Macaulay
 1843

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
 G B Shaw
 1944

It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.
 Judge Robt H. Jackson
 ACA v. Douds, 1950

Big Brother is watching you.
 GeorgeOrwell
 1984, 1948

If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have.
 Gerald Ford
 1960

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.
 RonaldReagan
 

While the State exists, there can be no freedom. When there is freedom, there will be no State.
 Vladimir Lenin
 State and Revolution, 1919

A government of laws, and not of men.
 John Adams
 1774

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.
 Milton Friedman
 

Government has no other end but the preservation of property.
 John Locke
 

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