Affluence Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

— Thomas Paine

Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.

— Gene Sharp

It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.

— Thomas Jefferson

Officially in America we now have a totally arbitrary and limitless government. That is, we have a ‘total government.’ In short, we’ve got totalitarian…

— Richard Salsman

To be corrupted by totalitarianism, one does not have to live in a totalitarian country.

— George Orwell

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.

— Henry Rollins

Good government has to mean less government.

— Anonymous

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

— Geoff Mulgan

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

— Noam Chomsky

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

— Will Rogers

All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support…

— Lysander Spooner