Anarchism Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly…

— Henry David Thoreau

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

— Aristotle

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

— Henry Ward Beecher

Government arrogates to itself that it alone forms men. Everybody knows that government never began anything. It is the whole world that thinks and…

— Wendell Phillips

It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to…

— Alexander Hamilton

Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.

— William Penn

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

— Abraham Lincoln

It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and…

— Alexander Hamilton

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico