Country Quote by Jacob Weisberg

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.

— Bill O'Reilly

“Many in Europe saw an opportunity to escape the oppressive and overbearing governmental systems under which they languished, and these people emigrated in droves,…

— Ben Carson

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an…

— Ulrich Beck

“The English state thus constructed a system, later followed by other European countries, in which the ruler was subject to the law and in…

— Nicholas Wade

The political and social processes by which the Western European societies were put in order are not very apparent, have been forgotten, or have…

— Michel Foucault

“Well, in my view what would ultimately be necessary would be a breakdown of the nation-state system―because I think that's not a viable system.…

— Noam Chomsky

Of all the potential perils to the new American republic, the prospect of concentrated power . . . troubled the intellectual leaders of the…

— Joe Conason

...By combining a popular hatred of the class of entrepreneurs with the blow already given to social security by the violent and arbitrary disturbance…

— John Maynard Keynes

“This country was founded by people who were worried about government power—who knew that you cannot trust people in power. So they divided government…

— Historica Press

Government began in tyranny and force, began in the feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the priest; and the ideas of justice and…

— Wendell Phillips

Here in America, government began as a tool to assure freedom. It gradually turned into a hideously expensive political toy designed to redistribute your…

— Mark Skousen

“Governments strong enough to protect individuals against the violence of their fellows make possible the evolution of an increasingly complex order of spontaneous and…

— Friedrich A. Hayek