Benefits Quote by George Mason

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private…

— John Adams

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and…

— John Adams

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the…

— James Madison

Government is, at every level, a means to gather in the labor and wealth of the people, and then instruct the people about new…

— Jeff Baxter

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of…

— Thomas Jefferson

Government should be good for the liberty of the governed, and that is when it governs to the least possible degree. It should be…

— Augustin Thierry

The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in the greatest…

— John Adams

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or…

— John Adams

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

— William Howard Taft

A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a correct description…

— Ludwig von Mises