Biased Quote by James Bovard

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse-that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory…

— Anonymous

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that…

— Steve Forbes

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more…

— Rudolph Rummel

The people want government that works for them at every level.

— Anonymous

It is getting harder and harder to support the government in the style to which it has become accustomed.

— Anonymous

Government is supposed to lead by example in many cases. Government that's not particularly caring and is hands-off is not particularly inspiring.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

— John Updike

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

— Charley Reese