Contempt Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

A man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state.…

— Lord Acton

We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

— Caroline Lucas

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening…

— Harold Russell

“If “we are the government,” then anything a government does to an individual is not only just and untyrannical but also “voluntary” on the…

— Murray N. Rothbard

I think anyone who serves in public office should have a little bit of contempt for government in their heart.

— Carlos Lopez-Cantera

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

— Anonymous

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really…

— Winston Churchill