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Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians
Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow
Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have right that these wants should be provided for, [including] the want of a sufficient restraint upon their passions
Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the most outstanding. Its ability to annihilate distance has been in direct proportion to its achievements in assisting to annihilate suspicion and misunderstanding among provincial officials far removed from one another or from the officials at the seat of government
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present
You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies against despots -- suspicion
Our country was founded on a distrust of government. Our founding fathers gave power to the people to keep an eye on government. So when politicians say, Trust me, they're actually being very un-American.
The less government we have the better
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free
Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny
What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment
The thin and precarious crust of decency is all that separates any civilization, however impressive, from the hell of anarchy or systematic tyranny which lie in wait beneath the surface
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform
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