The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property. — Ibrahim Babangida Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“God's original purpose for government was to punish the evil and reward the good.” — William R. Bowen Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
To preserve, to improve, and to perpetuate the sources and to direct in their most effective channels the streams which contribute to… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the real purpose of government is to enhance the lives of people and that a leader can… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
“But it was more than a planet; it was the living pulse beat of an Empire of twenty million stellar systems. It… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no… — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
“It is the purpose of government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. The only… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I am absolutely opposed to a national ID card. This is a total contradiction of what a free society is all about.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“The purpose of government, and therefore of law, is not to cause justice to prevail, but rather, to prevent injustice from reigning.… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Founding Father expressed in words for all to read the ideal of Government based upon the dignity of the individual. That… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The only proper, moral purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence -… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“I think the purpose of government is for a population to accomplish its mutually agreed-upon goals without every citizen having to accomplish… — Robert Peate Copy Share Image
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is for those who run it to plunder those who do not. — Thomas DiLorenzo Copy Share Image
The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people… — S.W. Southwick Copy Share Image
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead… — Aminu Kano Copy Share Image
“Let us be clear at the outset that the liberty of individuals to carry on their business should not be abrogated unless… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
