Conspiring Quote by Algernon Sidney

If men be good, government cannot be bad.

— William Penn

“Who doubts that there may be great goodness, and great happiness, and great affection under the absolute government of a good man? Meanwhile, laws…

— John Stuart Mill

“I have observed that gentlemen suppose that the general legislature will do every thing mischievous they possibly can, and that they will omit to…

— James Madison

The greater a man is in power above others, the more he ought to excel them in virtue. None ought to govern who is…

— Publilius Syrus

It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and…

— Alexander Hamilton

[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

— Polybius

As all those have shown who have discussed civil institutions, and as every history is full of examples, it is necessary to whoever arranges…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but…

— Wendell Phillips

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

— Leo Tolstoy

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.

— Theodore Roosevelt

One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty, but what…

— Bernard de Mandeville

Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a…

— Patrick Henry