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Government Quotes The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you
Good government is no substitute for self-government
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul
A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground
The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification
The primary function of the government is to spew out paper
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms
Government does not quiet destructive human behavior - it amplifies it
There are many things the government can't do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people
There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error
Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them
Some people say that Libertarians want anarchy. But anarchy is what we have now. Our cities aren't safe, our schools are centers of violence, the politicians have turned the rule of law into a chaotic web of millions of regulations and mandates. Libertarians want to restore order by removing, wherever possible, the destabilizing influence of government
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
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