Chance Quote by Han Fei

Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the…

— Frank Herbert

The source of the government's authority is “the consent of the governed.” This means that the government is not the ruler, but the servant…

— Ayn Rand

A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must be independent…

— Calvin Coolidge

The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

— Confucius

It is equally clear that a government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover,…

— Calvin Coolidge

There are certain basic principles regarding the proper role of government. If principles are correct, then they can be applied to any specific proposal…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.

— Ludwig von Mises

The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being…

— Marquis de Sade

“And the good ruler is precisely the one who exercises his power as it ought to be exercised, that is, simultaneously exercising his power…

— Michel Foucault

There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion…

— Ludwig von Mises

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or,…

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— Giambattista Vico