Aim Quote by James Madison

The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and…

— James Madison

[I]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control…

— James Madison

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements…

— John Rawls

[Government] is apprehended, not as a committee of citizens chosen to carry on the communal business of the whole population, but as a separate…

— H. L. Mencken

The proper and limited use of government is to invoke a common justice and keep the peace - and that is all.

— Leonard Read

In a country where offices arecreated solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any more intrinsic right to official station…

— Anonymous

“[F]or the nature of government is to become a thing apart, an institution existing for its own sake, preying upon the people, and teaching…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

Only to bureaucrats can the idea occur that establishing new offices, promulgating new decrees, and increasing the number of government employees alone can be…

— Ludwig von Mises

In the bureaucracy, the identity of state interest and particular private aim is established in such a way that the state interest becomes a…

— Karl Marx

“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

If private men are obliged to perform the offices of government, to protect the weak and dispense justice, then the government becomesonly a hired…

— Henry David Thoreau