Caprice Quote by James Madison

There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I…

— Andrew Johnson

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own…

— Henry George

All such men are, or ought to be, agreed, that simple governments are despotisms; and of all despotisms, a democracy, though the least durable,…

— Fisher Ames

There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose…

— Alexander Hamilton

“It seems to be difficult if not impossible for human beings to avoid thinking of government as mystical entity with a nature and a…

— H.L. Mencken

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

People who cannot restrain their own baser instincts, who cannot treat one another with civility, are not capable of self-government... without virtue, a society…

— Charles Colson

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

— William Penn

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty. Good men will obey the last, but bad ones the…

— Thomas Jefferson

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously-and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply.

— George W. Bush

Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends,…

— N. T. Wright

There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons…

— John Adams