Arise Quote by Frederic Bastiat

“The purpose of government, and therefore of law, is not to cause justice to prevail, but rather, to prevent injustice from reigning. Justice is…

— Joseph Befumo

A government creates its own revolution. There can be no revolt without it.

— William Powell

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

— Ibn Khaldun

What is this thing we call government? Is it anything but organized violence? The law orders you to obey, and if you don't obey,…

— Alexander Berkman

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

— Chaim Weizmann

Justice is the object of government, and those who support the government, must be agreed as to the justice to be executed by it,…

— Lysander Spooner

Indeed, the keynote of government is injustice. With the arrogance and self-sufficiency of the King who could do no wrong, governments ordain, judge, condemn,…

— Emma Goldman

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“The law is the organization of the natural right of lawful defence; it is the substitution of collective for individual forces, for the purpose…

— Frédéric Bastiat

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

— Bertrand Russell

When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to understand, justify,…

— Jimmy Carter