Quotes About Government

Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.

Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.

We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are.

The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread.

Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men is now for Congress and ultimately the American people.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

The truth is that men are tired of liberty.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

Inheritance taxes are so high that the happiest mourner at a rich man's funeral is usually Uncle Sam.

The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions.

The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.