Begging Quote by Michael Ventura

The common people feel themselves oppressed by the grasping of some, and their vanity is flattered by others. Fired with evil passions, they are…

— Polybius

Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the…

— Charles Koch

“When a government turns from following the will of its people to willing its people to follow — acting according to its own prerogatives…

— Ben Carson

Governments rest on the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish them at will…

— Jefferson Davis

When a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people ... and ... becomes an instrument in the hands…

— Sam Houston

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and…

— William Hague

Government is an apparatus of compulsion and coercion.

— Ludwig von Mises

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

“But even democracy ruins itself by excess—of democracy. Its basic principle is the equal right of all to hold office and determine public policy.…

— Will Durant

When a government forcibly holds enough people indefinitely without trial, it evokes the kinds of raids, detention, and abuses of power associated with authoritarian…

— Ari Melber

Tyranny is yielding to the lust of the governing.

— John Fletcher

There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion…

— Ludwig von Mises