Beneficial Quote by Ludwig von Mises

The sheer number of government employees and welfare recipients effectively transforms the purpose of government from maintaining order to confiscating as much as possible…

— James Bovard

Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.

— Ronald Reagan

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

— Henry David Thoreau

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from…

— Thomas Jefferson

Whether we realize it or not, we benefit from the work of public-sector employees and our state, county and municipal governments every day.

— Sara Gideon

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Cory Doctorow

In the first place, bureaucracies never become efficient; they're never going to get rid of administrative costs; they're never going to reduce them. That's…

— Rush Limbaugh

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits…

— Thomas Jefferson

Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell is progress.

— Ludwig von Mises

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

— Daniel Webster

Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.

— Charles Kennedy

It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do…

— Wen Jiabao