Citizens Quote by John Ralston Saul

Government force is derived from the sum of the physical force each citizen could exert which by one citizen himself would be ineffective, but…

— Ludwig von Mises

Aside from sending someone to war or to prison, government s ability to make people involuntarily give over their money is its strongest exercise…

— William Greider

The influence over government must be shared among all the people. If every individual which composes their mass participates of the ultimate authority, the…

— Thomas Jefferson

A popular government wields a moral force, which is infinitely superior to the physical force that the foreign government could summon to its assistance.

— Mahatma Gandhi

By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot…

— Ezra Taft Benson

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

— Wael Ghonim

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One…

— Ayn Rand

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public…

— George Bancroft

Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance…

— Walter E. Williams

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

Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights, and who…

— James Madison