Government Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men…

— Adam Smith

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

— Alan Moore

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates…

— John Adams

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

— John Adams

No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.

— Aristotle

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

— Jon Meacham

Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.

— Penn Jillette

What governs men is the fear of truth.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government. Government, as the Father of Our…

— Jeff Cooper

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.

— Alan Paton