Government Quote by Leo Tolstoy

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

— Lyn Nofziger

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

— James Cook

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social.

— Thomas Hobbes

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

Government is essentially immoral.

— Herbert Spencer

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be…

— Fred Woodworth

Government is an unnecessary evil.

— Jeff Berwick

Government is rather ill-suited and poorly equipped to alleviate the plight of the poor. It lacks moral rules or standards, and is devoid of…

— Hans F. Sennholz

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful…

— Nicolas Walter

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

— Frank Herbert