Government Quote by Fred Woodworth

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

— Thomas Hobbes

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

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

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

It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is…

— James Madison

There is no such thing as a good government. There never was. There can't be.

— Emma Goldman

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

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

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

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

— Leo Tolstoy

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