Quotes About Government

For the State, in relation to its members, is master of all their goods by the social contract, which, within the State, is the basis of all rights;

Happy am I, for every time I meditate on governments, I always find new reasons in my inquiries for loving my own country.

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he gains is civil liberty and the proprietorship of all he possesses.

Poblad igualmente el territorio, extended por todas partes los mismos derechos, llevad a todas ellas la abundancia y la vida; y de este modo el Estado llegará a ser al mismo tiempo el más fuerte y el mejor gobernado de todos.

Terimi tam anlam? ile ele al?rsak, hakiki demokrasi hiç bir zaman mevcut olmad??? gibi bundan sonra da olmayacakt?r. Çok say?dakilerin az say?dakileri idaresi tabii nizama ayk?r?d?r.

Sparta ve Roma yok olduktan sonra, hangi devlet sonsuzcas?na sürüp gitmeyi umabilir? Sürekli bir yönetim biçimi kurmak istiyorsaki onu sonsuz yapmay? düÅŸünmeyelim.

Si hubiera un pueblo de dioses, se gobernaría democráticamente. Un gobierno tan perfecto no conviene a los hombres.

la fréquence des supplices est toujours un signe de faiblesse ou de paresse dans le gouvernement. Il n'y a point de méchant qu'on ne pût rendre bon à quelque chose.

no puede liberarse cuando el resorte civil se ha gastado.

Un acto de esta naturaleza es ilegítimo y nulo por el sólo motivo de que el que lo hace no está en su cabal sentido. Decir lo mismo de todo un pueblo, es suponer un pueblo de locos y la locura no constituye derecho. Aun cuando el hombre pudiese enajenarse a sí mismo, no puede enajenar a sus hijos.

As soon as anyone says of the affairs of the state 'What do I care?', the state may be given up for lost.

Nous voyons, même de nos jours, que les gouvernements qui se conduisent le mieux sont ceux dont on parle le moins. Nous ne savons donc que le mal ; à peine le bien fait-il époque. Il n'y a que les méchants de célèbres, les bons sont oubliés ou tournés en ridicule : et voilà comment l'histoire, ainsi que la philosophie, calomnie sans cesse le genre humain.

Mientras el gobierno y las leyes subvienen a la seguridad y al bienestar de los hombres sociales, las letras y las artes, menos déspotas y quizá más poderosas, extienden guirnaldas de flores sobre las cadenas de hierro que los agobian, ahogan en ellos el sentimiento de la libertad original para la cual parecían haber nacido, los hacen amar su esclavitud y los transforman en lo que se ha dado en llamar pueblos civilizados. La necesidad

Mais le corps politique ou le souverain ne tirant son être que de la sainteté du contrat ne peut jamais s'obliger, même envers autrui, à rien qui déroge à cet acte primitif, comme d'aliéner quelque portion de lui-même ou de se soumettre à un autre souverain. Violer l'acte par lequel il existe serait s'anéantir, et ce qui n'est rien ne produit rien.

Never in a monarchy can the opulence of an individual put him above the prince; but, in a republic, it can easily put him above the laws. Then the government no longer has force, and the rich are always the true sovereign.

Putting the law above man is a problem in politics which I liken to that of squaring the circle in geometry.

For in appearing to use only its rights, the Prince can very easily expand them and, on the pretext of public calm, prevent assemblies intended to restore good order; so that it takes advantage either of a silence that it prevents from being broken, or of the irregularities that it causes to be committed, and to punish those who dare speak.

Maintenant qu'il n'y a plus et qu'il ne peut plus y avoir de Religion nationale exclusive, on doit tolérer toutes celles qui tolerent les autres, autant que leurs dogmes n'ont rien de contraire aux devoirs du Citoyen. Mais quiconque ose dire, hors de l'Eglise point de Salut, doit être chassé de l'Etat; à moins que l'Etat ne soit l'Eglise, et que le Prince ne soit le Pontife. Un tel dogme n'est bon que dans un Gouvernement Théocratique.

So long as government and law provide for the security and well-being of men in their common life, the arts, literature and the sciences, less despotic though perhaps more powerful, fling garlands of flowers over the chains which weight them down. They stifle in men's breasts that sense of original liberty, for which they seem to have been born; cause them to love their own slavery, and so make of them what is called a civilized people.

Being nice to governments doesn't work, they are such lying bastards.

Government should work to insure the rights of the individual, not plot to take them away.

And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple.

Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.

Government has got to invest more money in our NHS. The people who work in it are heroic. They do an amazing job.