“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better” — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Bureaucrats have no business strong-arming private citizens over their property rights. — Anna Paulina Luna Copy Share Image
Who uses funds more productively - private citizens or the government? I dare say that Warren Buffett can use his surplus funds… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
I believe we have a responsibility, even if our job is to lead a nonprofit organization, as private citizens to be good… — Jerry Falwell, Jr Copy Share Image
Private citizens and companies are always seen as evil and greedy, because they want to profit. But the government picks your pocket… — Greg Gutfeld Copy Share Image
So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
This country has gotten seriously off track under the Supreme Court when it went so far as to limit the right of… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
The siren song of redistribution of wealth by centralized government never ceases for those who seek irreversible and unusurpable control over the… — Josh Jones Copy Share Image
Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all… — Martha Gellhorn Copy Share Image
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
“We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
If I'm meeting somebody for the first time, I don't look them up on Wikipedia, or I try not to, because I… — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a… — Jon Gutmacher Copy Share Image
“In fact, private citizens legally use firearms in self-defense 800,000 to two and one half million times a year according to a… — Jon Gutmacher Copy Share Image
I am of opinion that national greatness is more for the advantage of private citizens, than any individual well-being coupled with public… — Pericles Copy Share Image
“We may test the hypothesis that the State is largely interested in protecting itself rather than its subjects by asking: which category… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
The policies advocated by the welfare school remove the incentive to saving on the part of private citizens. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
I believe we all have the right as private citizens to endorse candidates and participate in the political process. — Jerry Falwell, Jr Copy Share Image
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Cities may now bulldoze private citizens' homes, farms and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments. — Bob Goodlatte Copy Share Image
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
It has often been found that profuse expenditures, heavy taxation, absurd commercial restrictions, corrupt tribunals, disastrous wars, seditions, persecutions, conflagrations, inundation, have… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people who believes that part of the greatness of the United States is our private sector. It's what… — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
That's not how national security works... I don't care what the Supreme Court said 30 years ago or what some judge said… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
