Conform Quote by Giambattista Vico

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the…

— Anonymous

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

— Henry Ward Beecher

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and…

— James Madison

By nature, every individual has the right to govern himself; and governments, whether founded on majorities or minorities, must derive their right from the…

— John C. Calhoun

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

— William Penn

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may…

— James MacGregor Burns

“But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If…

— Mark R. Levin

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage.

— Henry David Thoreau