Civil rights Quote by Mark Twain

“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better”

— William Howard Taft

“The assumption that the city, the state, or even the federal government has the plans and the wherewithal to handle this particular crisis is…

— Ted Koppel

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments the real power lies in the majority…

— James Madison

“This is what should be meant by people power. The power for people to choose which of the government’s petty, silly, pointless laws they…

— Jeremy Clarkson

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“I like the way the City makes people think they can do what they want and get away with it.”

— Toni Morrison

“Those in government are especially susceptible to the corruption of power, because government is institutionalized coercion.”

— George H. Smith

“We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“The arrogance of wealth and the dejection of wretchedness, capital cities of unwonted extent, a lax morality, a vulgar egotism, and a great confusion…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“In a world of gigantic administrative bureaucracies both public and private, searching for a new path might seem like hoping for a miracle.”

— Peter Thiel

“Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.”

— Joseph Conrad

“The government has incredible powers at its disposal, and when it abuses those powers, someone has to stand up.”

— Mark Hertsgaard