Government Quotes

"If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you" "The more laws, the less justice" "The greater the state, the more wrong and injustice it commits" "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." "Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power." "Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse" "The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property" "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither." "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help." "Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" "You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think" "A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works" "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials" "Inflation is taxation without legislation."