Citizens Quote by Charles Koch

Under a democratical government the citizens exercise the powers of sovereignty; and those powers will be first abused, and afterwards lost, if they are…

— Edward Gibbon

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants

— Tony Judt

Governments always commit their entire populations when the demands grow heavy enough. By their passive acceptance, these populations become accessories to whatever is done…

— Frank Herbert

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to…

— Jesse Ventura

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

The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is not in…

— Damian Green

Once a person becomes a government dependent, his moral standing to resist the expansion of government power is fatally compromised.

— James Bovard

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

When the people clamor to be shielded from reality, when they praise their government for keeping things from them, when they choose to conduct…

— Michael Ventura

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands…

— Sam Houston

As government imposes the will of a few upon the many, the many begin to resist. Ultimately, it becomes necessary for the government to…

— Charlie Kirk

“When a government turns from following the will of its people to willing its people to follow — acting according to its own prerogatives…

— Ben Carson