Activism Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“Government at its best is a necessary evil; at its worst, an intolerable one.”

— Joseph Befumo

“Injustice and lawlessness is the greatest terror a government can ever enforce on its own people!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“A curse burns bright on crime.”

— Aeschylus

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there…

— Ayn Rand

“What is government but theft by consent? You’ll be moving in a society of kindred spirits.”

— Scott Lynch

“On this great plan, or Constitution the safety and happiness of the United States does, under Almighty God, mainly depend: all our laws are…

— Glenn Beck

“This is what should be meant by people power. The power for people to choose which of the government’s petty, silly, pointless laws they…

— Jeremy Clarkson

“in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable…

— Thomas Paine

“no government is ever innocent enough or wise enough or just enough to lay claim to so absolute a power as death. (p. 21)”

— Helen Prejean

“There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of…

— Frank Herbert

“That government is best that governs not at all.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Were government a mere manufacture or article of commerce, immaterial by whom it should be made or sold, we might as well employ her…

— Thomas Paine