Government Quote by H. L. Mencken

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

— James Madison

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

“It seems to be difficult if not impossible for human beings to avoid thinking of government as mystical entity with a nature and a…

— H.L. Mencken

“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

All forms of government symbolize an immortal government, common to all dynasties and independent of numbers, perfect where two men exist, perfect where there…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man, and every body of men on earth, possesses the right of self-government. They receive it with their being from the hand of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“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

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.

— Edmund Burke

A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become…

— Thomas Paine

And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a…

— James Harrington

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

— Leo Tolstoy

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