Agency Quote by Robert Prechter

Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a hammer to…

— Molly Ivins

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

— Steve Largent

The government pretends to be endowed with the mystical power to accord favors out of an inexhaustible horn of plenty. It is both omniscient…

— Ludwig von Mises

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

— Tom Robbins

Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason…

— Paracelsus

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren

— Ayn Rand

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One…

— Ayn Rand

Real magic is not about gaining power over others: it is about gaining power over yourself.

— Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

It is not magic to be a magician. It is not politics to be a politician.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot…

— Ezra Taft Benson

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

— George Washington