Government Quote by John Locke Download Open image “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.” — John Locke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare End Preservation Government Government End Politics Preservation Preservation Property Property
No government can continue good, but under the control of the people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Property is in its nature timid and seeks protection, and nothing is more gratifying to government than to become a protector. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The government now has license to transfer property from those with fewer resources to those with more. The Founders cannot have intended this perverse… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to a particular… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing, but folks… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“[M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out… — John Locke Copy Share Image
When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Earthly minds, like mud-walls, resist the strongest batteries: And though perhaps sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end,… — John Locke Copy Share Image
If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. — John Locke Copy Share Image
“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.” — John Locke Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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