Bad government Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

— John Sharp Williams

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable…

— Anonymous

Being ruled by a depraved poet-king who is sacrified each spring is the worst form of government except all the others that have been…

— Tim Pratt

Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an…

— Thomas Paine

Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are the most…

— H. L. Mencken

Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is…

— Laozi

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

— Aesop