Controlling government Quote by James Madison

The primary role of government is to provide for the safety and security of their populations.

— Pete Hoekstra

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust…

— Fred Woodworth

“Restraint, however, is the essence of modern governance. A government’s self-control permits its people to create, explore, and discover, and that’s what allows a…

— Gordon G. Chang

Government control gives rise to fraud, suppression of Truth, intensification of the black market and artificial scarcity. Above all, it unmans the people and…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . .…

— Woodrow Wilson

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing…

— Ronald Reagan

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

— Ron Paul

Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to…

— George Washington

It is a universal and fundamental political principle that the power to protect can safely be confided only to those interested in protecting, or…

— John C. Calhoun

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be…

— James Madison

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may…

— James MacGregor Burns