Age Quote by Confucius

The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

— Confucius

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the…

— Mencius

The essential function of the State is to maintain peace, justice, law, and order, and to protect the individual citizen against aggression, violence, theft,…

— Henry Hazlitt

The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.

— Samuel Butler

[T]he importance of piety and religion; of industry and frugality; of prudence, economy, regularity and an even government; all . . . are essential…

— Samuel Adams

The ruler who possesses methods of government does not follow the good that happens by chance but practices according to necessary principles. Law, methods,…

— Han Fei

But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

— Benjamin Tucker

You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.

— Myles Munroe

“PROPER ROLE OF THE STATE I believe that the proper role of the state is negative, not positive; defensive, not aggressive. It is to…

— G. Edward Griffin

The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The characteristic feature of militarism is not the fact that a nation has a powerful army or navy. It is the paramount role assigned…

— Ludwig von Mises

Many things are good, many are important, but only a few are essential.

— D. Todd Christofferson