Convenience Quote by Murray Kempton

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

The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order, within which the people are free to choose.

— Thomas Sowell

In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing…

— Ronald Reagan

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

— Arlen Specter

The purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people.

— Bill Clinton

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must…

— James Madison

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of…

— Thomas Jefferson

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.

— Herbert Hoover

The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.

— William J. Clinton

The primary function of the government is - and here I am quoting directly from the U.S. Constitution - to spew out paper.

— Dave Barry

The role of government is to create responsible greed to keep boundaries around what people do.

— Rebecca M. Blank