No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To possess ourselves of a clear idea of what government is, or ought to be, we must trace it to its origin. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
What we have to do is strike a balance between the idea that government should do everything and the idea, the belief,… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” — Charles Slack Copy Share Image
There is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state. The construction of government ought to be such… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
In the first place, the government ought not to be invested with power to control the affections, any more than the consciences… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
The proposal is frequently made that the government ought to assume the risks that are "too great for private industry." This means… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Government ought to be as much open to improvement as anything which appertains to man, instead of which it has been monopolized… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“To have submitted it to the legislative discretion of the States, would have been improper for the same reason; and for the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa, or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge of the wants… — James Madison Copy Share Image
For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
It appears to general observation, that revolutions create genius and talents; but those events do no more than bring them forward. There… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan, as proposed by this bill, to indulge a benevolent and charitable sentiment… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
“Government is nothing more than the combined force of society or the united power of the multitude for the peace, order, safety,… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The last thing it [government] ought to do is to ground its proceedings on the ignorance of the people, - to yield… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Government cannot do everything, so we need to first decide what government ought to be doing, then figure out what it's capable… — Ernie Fletcher Copy Share Image
I mean, the Obama position has been, 'We think government ought to be spending this money, not the people who earn it. — Eric Cantor Copy Share Image
No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of… — Bob Barr Copy Share Image
We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember the slogan has been ... the federal government ought to behave more like families, because… — George Will Copy Share Image
Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The government ought to be in the business of delivering health, education, housing, and basic services to people without a lot of… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image
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