--- title: "1 Goals Citizen Quotes By Robert Peate" description: "1 Goals Citizen quotes by Robert Peate. Plus more from Robert Peate and more Goals Citizen sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/robert-peate-23717_fire-department_i-think-the-purpose-of-government-is-for_184456.jpg" --- > [“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals for him- or herself. Some examples: we have a police force so we don’t need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-think-the-purpose-of-government-is-for-a-population-to-accomplish/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/robert-peate-23717_fire-department_i-think-the-purpose-of-government-is-for_184456.jpg) ## More by Robert Peate > [“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-think-the-purpose-of-government-is-for-a-population-to-accomplish/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“I have acquired you, and now I will determine your value to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-have-acquired-you-and-now-i-will-determine-your-value-to-me/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“Work or die’—this is the essence of slavery, of compulsion. And yet this is our world. Most of our world is enslaved but does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/work-or-die-this-is-the-essence-of-slavery-of-compulsion-and-yet-this/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“If you make others think, you will be feared. If you disagree with them, you will be disliked. If you condemn them, they will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/if-you-make-others-think-you-will-be-feared-if-you-disagree-with-them/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“To be a liberal is to care about more than one’s own belly or roof. It is to care about the rights of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/to-be-a-liberal-is-to-care-about-more-than-one-s-own-belly-or-roof-it/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“There’s nothing I love more than seeing liberals fight each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/there-s-nothing-i-love-more-than-seeing-liberals-fight-each-other/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“I support the right of the individual, the right of the most individuals to get what they want. That is all majority rule is:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-support-the-right-of-the-individual-the-right-of-the-most/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“I provoke thought, because that is what needs provoking. Humanity seems to hate thinking more than any other activity, and yet that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-provoke-thought-because-that-is-what-needs-provoking-humanity-seems/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“And of course the World needs more love, but we need to be clear on what form that love will take. Sometimes love requires…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/and-of-course-the-world-needs-more-love-but-we-need-to-be-clear-on/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“Persons like you say, ‘I’m an individual, therefore I oppose any power over me.’ That right there does not follow. How about ‘I’m an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/persons-like-you-say-i-m-an-individual-therefore-i-oppose-any-power/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“The Planet Earth is a cesspool of avarice and apathy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/the-planet-earth-is-a-cesspool-of-avarice-and-apathy/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“The truth! Since when have the majority on Earth cared about the truth?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/the-truth-since-when-have-the-majority-on-earth-cared-about-the-truth/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“I think we need to be beholden to each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/i-think-we-need-to-be-beholden-to-each-other/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“In the event of total freedom, the desire to dominate rules just as tyrannically as it does with centrally-planned economies. Freedom gave us capitalism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/in-the-event-of-total-freedom-the-desire-to-dominate-rules-just-as/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) > [“We celebrate the beauty and reason of the individual, and resist the coercion of the state and the tyranny of the majority. We laugh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/we-celebrate-the-beauty-and-reason-of-the-individual-and-resist-the/) [Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goals-citizen/robert-peate/#itemlist", "name": "1 Goals Citizen Quotes By Robert Peate", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish those goals for him- or herself. Some examples: we have a police force so we don’t need to have vigilante mobs. We have a post office so we don’t need to deliver our own mail across the entire nation. We have a fire department so we don’t have to put out our own fires. In return for the services we agree on, we pay a fee. 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