Famous Quotes About government

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?