...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.
John AdamsTags: separation-of-powers patriot-act scope-of-government
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
Thomas JeffersonTags: history government scope-of-government
The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald ReaganTags: scope-of-government government-programs
In politics as in philosophy, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.
George WashingtonTags: politics freedom justice democracy scope-of-government
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
Ronald ReaganTags: liberty scope-of-government
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Ronald ReaganTags: politics political-philosophy government scope-of-government
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James MadisonTags: scope-of-government checks-and-balances
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals — if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.
Ronald ReaganTags: freedom conservatism scope-of-government libertarianism
I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. There's a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts.
Ronald ReaganTags: liberty scope-of-government limited-government
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald ReaganTags: political-philosophy scope-of-government
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