Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
H.L. MenckenTags: government
If you can't say "Fuck" you can't say, "Fuck the government.
Lenny BruceTags: censorship fuck profanity government
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
TacitusTags: law corruption government commonwealth
There's no way to rule innocent men. 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.
Ayn RandTags: innocence law government crime libertarian
I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe — "That government is best which governs not at all"; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have. Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.
Henry David ThoreauTags: government civil-disobedience
When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars, the aged are not in want, the taxes are not oppressive, the rational world is my friend because I am the friend of happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast its constitution and government. Independence is my happiness, the world is my country and my religion is to do good.
Thomas PaineTags: happiness independence government perfection constitution boast perfect-government
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
George WashingtonTags: government
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.
Laurence J. PeterTags: misattributed-mark-twain stupidity government kidding
The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.
Thomas JeffersonTags: honesty government
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
Edward R. MurrowTags: politics media news government
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