--- title: "8 Choose Government Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Choose Government quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Choose Government sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/frances-wright-9487_government_the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-ra_12193.png" --- > [... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-wright/the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-rational-object-of-government/) [Frances Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/frances-wright-9487_government_the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-ra_12193.png) > [Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. Like a lot of things politicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-reynolds/government-we-are-sometimes-told-is-just-another-word-for-things-we/) [Glenn Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-reynolds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/glenn-reynolds-16238_bits_government-we-are-sometimes-told-is-just_1029751.png) > [Most countries choose to have government run the economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marco-rubio/most-countries-choose-to-have-government-run-the-economy/) [Marco Rubio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marco-rubio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b1/marco-rubio-355_country_most-countries-choose-to-have-government_1125429.png) > [If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-i-had-to-choose-between-government-without-newspapers-and/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5f/thomas-jefferson-43_government_if-i-had-to-choose-between-government-wi_2285884.jpg) > [If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-i-had-to-choose-between-government-and-a-free-press-i-would-choose/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d21/thomas-jefferson-43_free-press_if-i-had-to-choose-between-government-an_2343294.jpg) > [In the first part of 'Rights of Man' I have endeavoured to show...that there does not exist a right to establish hereditary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/in-the-first-part-of-rights-of-man-i-have-endeavoured-to-show-that/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/thomas-paine-267_cases_in-the-first-part-of-rights-of-man-i-hav_2509070.jpg) > [Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/perhaps-the-fact-that-we-have-seen-millions-voting-themselves-into/) [Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/friedrich-august-von-hayek-141_freedom_perhaps-the-fact-that-we-have-seen-milli_2555134.jpg) > [People do not choose a government that will bring the market within their control; instead, the market in every way conditions governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/people-do-not-choose-a-government-that-will-bring-the-market-within/) [Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/717/zygmunt-bauman-1861_conditions_people-do-not-choose-a-government-that-w_2948930.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose-government/#itemlist", "name": "Choose Government Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frances Wright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-wright/the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-rational-object-of-government/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/frances-wright-9487_government_the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-ra_12193.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/frances-wright-9487_government_the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-ra_12193.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/frances-wright-9487_government_the-happiness-of-a-people-is-the-only-ra_12193.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a…” — Frances Wright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Government, we are sometimes told, is just another word for things we choose to do together. 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