Constant Quote by Aristotle

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority, to make…

— Alexander Hamilton

History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their…

— Benjamin Franklin

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have…

— John Adams

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied oppressions have…

— John Adams

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Paine

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

“although a properly constrained government may be superior to statelessness, it doesn't follow that any government is superior to no government all. If a…

— Peter T. Leeson

Nothing is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of government…

— John Jay

The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico