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All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. — Edward Abbey
As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases. — Edward Abbey
Government: If you refuse to pay unjust taxes, your property will be confiscated. If you attempt to defend your property, you will be arrested. If… — Edward Abbey
A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon. — Edward Abbey
Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role. — Edward Abbey
Since there is no such entity as 'the public,' since the public is merely a number of individuals, the idea that 'the public interest' supersedes… — Ayn Rand
I would die to preserve the law upon a solid foundation; but take away liberty, and the foundation is destroyed. — Alexander Hamilton
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton
Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last,… — Alexander Hamilton
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. — Alexander Hamilton
...[V]igor of government is essential to the security of liberty... — Alexander Hamilton
Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. To be more safe, [nations] at length become willing to run the risk… — Alexander Hamilton
[If you understood the natural rights of mankind,] [y]ou would be convinced that natural liberty is a gift of the beneficent Creator to the whole… — Alexander Hamilton
Remember civil and religious liberty always go together: if the foundation of the one be sapped, the other will fall of course. — Alexander Hamilton
No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave. — Alexander Hamilton
Hence, in a state of nature, no man had any moral power to deprive another of his life, limbs, property, or liberty; nor the least… — Alexander Hamilton
No person that has enjoyed the sweets of liberty can be insensible of its infinite value, or can reflect on its reverse without horror and… — Alexander Hamilton
The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the laws to which he has… — Alexander Hamilton
That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and… — Alexander Hamilton
Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train of calamities inseparable… — Alexander Hamilton
Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign… — Alexander Hamilton
It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never… — Alexander Hamilton
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin… — Alexander Hamilton
The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy. And I am much mistaken, if experience has not wrought a deep… — Alexander Hamilton
Were it not that it might require too long a discussion, it would not be difficult to demonstrate that a large and well-organized republic can… — Alexander Hamilton

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