Government Quote by Fred Woodworth

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

Government is an unnecessary evil.

— Jeff Berwick

The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting…

— James Bovard

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

— James Cook

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

— Lyn Nofziger

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

— Daniel Webster

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

— Thomas Hobbes

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion;…

— Eric Hoffer

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

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 a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up…

— Harry Browne

Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their…

— Sonny Perdue