Action Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against…

— Adam Smith

The safety of the state is the highest law.

— Justinian I

The good of the people is the greatest law.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rule of law is the most important element in any civil society.

— Mo Ibrahim

The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

So let us begin anew - remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to…

— Anonymous

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Integrity is the evidence of all civil virtues.

— Denis Diderot

Our main conclusions about the state are that a minimal state, limited, to the narrow functions of protection against force, theft, fraud, enforcement of…

— Robert Nozick

The things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.

— Emily Dickinson

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of…

— George Mason