Blur Quote by Eric Hoffer

...the essence of the evil government is that it anticipates bad conduct on the part of its citizens. Any government which assumes that the…

— Philip K. Dick

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

— James Cook

Government is an unnecessary evil.

— Jeff Berwick

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

— Lyn Nofziger

All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to…

— Benjamin Haydon

Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in…

— Albert Einstein

Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.

— William Weld

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