Every man Quote by Gene Wolfe

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they…

— David Hume

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

— Tony Abbott

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill

“Assail me not with noble policy, for I care not at all for platitude. And surrender such tedious detail to greater minds than mine…

— Steve Earle

“The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”

— Charles Slack

“Power concedes nothing without demand. It never has and never will. Show me the exact amount of wrong and injustices that are visited upon…

— Frederick Douglass

“Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end a regime; can…

— Joanne Harris

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society…

— Andrew Jackson

“No government will ever surrender to the wishes of its people. No society will ever be free from the control of its government.”

— Neamat Imam

“For there is no virtue, the honor and credit for which procures a man more odium than that of justice; and this, because more…

— Plutarch

All legislation, all government, all society is founded upon the principle of mutual concession, politeness, comity, courtesy; upon these everything is based...Let him who…

— Henry Clay