Government Quote by H. L. Mencken

“The laws that keep us safe, these same laws condemn us to boredom. Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The purpose of law is to prevent the strong always having their way.

— Ovid

In civilized life, law floats in a sea of ethics.

— Earl Warren

If our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

We assert that in those areas where the government is either unable or unwilling to protect the lives and property of our people, that…

— Malcolm X

“Government is necessary to defend communities from miseries from within themselves; from the prevalence of intestine discord, mutual injustice and violence; the members of…

— Jonathan Edwards

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

— Thomas Jefferson

We are not safe and secure when the government uses us as pawns to perpetrate violence against others. Our safety and security will come…

— Chelsea Manning

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

— Ron Paul

Laws are there for a reason, and we have an obligation to follow them.

— Rod Rosenstein

We're all subject to the rule of law.

— Yoav Gallant

It's a law of life: the tyranny of things.

— Randy Alcorn