Bravery Quote by Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear,…

— Albert Pike

Governments which have a regard to the common interest are constituted in accordance with strict principles of justice, and are therefore true forms; but…

— Aristotle

The form of government which you admire, when its principles are pure is admirable indeed. It is productive of every Thing which is great…

— John Adams

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but…

— Thomas Paine

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently-one that relieves him…

— H. L. Mencken

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable…

— Anonymous

Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a hammer to…

— Molly Ivins

Government is not a person; it is hardly even a collective of people. Government is a system, and it can be a good system,…

— Leslyn Lewis

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of…

— James Madison

What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?

— John Adams

Democracy is the superior form of government, because it is based on a respect for man as a reasonable being.

— John F. Kennedy

Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is…

— Laozi