Assuming Quote by Benjamin Franklin

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its people. Fail in this, and we fail in everything.

— Francis T Murphy

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

— Richard Stallman

The people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Government is not a substitute for people, but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty…

— Bernard Baruch

The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.

— Frances Perkins

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it…

— Ron Paul

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust…

— Fred Woodworth

We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government has superior…

— Calvin Coolidge

People constantly requesting government intervention are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men…

— Margaret Thatcher