Abuse Quote by James Bovard

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

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Sheldon Richman

The bigger the government, the greater the corruption

— Dennis Prager

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

— Edmund Burke

The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must…

— Henry Hazlitt

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.

— Ted Nugent

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

— John Fund

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

— Samuel Johnson

Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become … a far greater aggressor.

— John Hospers