Quotes About Government

and by laws within themselves settled the properties of those of the same society

If kings, who are not heirs to Adam, have no right to sovereignty, we are all free

El fin, pues, mayor y principal de los hombres que se unen en comunidades políticas y se ponen bajo el gobierno de ellas, es la preservación de su propiedad;

Por "república" he entendido constantemente no una democracia ni cualquier otra forma de gobierno, sino cualquier comunidad independiente

that, however it may be mistaken, the end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom:

cualquiera que sea la forma adoptada por la república, debería el poder dirigente gobernar por leyes declaradas y bien recibidas y no por dictados repentinos y resoluciones indeterminadas, porque entonces se hallarían los hombres en harto peor condición que en el estado de naturaleza

where there is no law, there is no freedom;

positive laws of an established government.

The New York Times' pro-gun control results seem to stem from a heavy reliance on public health researchers. Furthermore, the Times only asks questions calling for more government regulations of gun ownership. But the Times' panel was even more supportive of gun control than was the average public health researcher in our survey, so it is hard to believe that there wasn't bias at work in the selection of the panel's membership.

In the United States, no government, institution, or philanthropist even began to approach a similar level of support. As the Hopkins medical school was opening, American theological schools enjoyed endowments of $18 million, while medical school endowments totaled $500,000.

If you look at things that really affect people's lives - sport, the arts, charities - they were always at the back of the queue for government money - health, social security, defence, pensions were all way ahead. And each of those areas - sports, the arts, the lottery - got relatively petty cash from the government.

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election.

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

We must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding.

The power to tax is the power to destroy.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.

The power to tax involves the power to destroy.

An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

Government machinery has been described as a marvelous labor saving device which enables ten men to do the work of one.

The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.