Civil society Quote by Roger Scruton

“The only thing worse than too much government is too little: in failed states, people suffer at least as much violence and injustice as…

— Tony Judt

“When there is no personal responsibility in any society, there cannot be a responsible government.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Take responsibility for the disenfranchised people”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things…

— John Stuart Mill

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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

“The greatest mistake a people can make is to hesitate even for a single second to overthrow a greedy government that cares only about…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“I hate to admit it, but governmental deviousness is usually better explained by incompetence, vanity, and the need to protect one's job at all…

— Jasper Fforde

“Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of personal responsibility.”

— Sunday Adelaja

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 people refuse to pay the price of personal responsibility for the problems of the nation, these same people end up paying the high…

— Sunday Adelaja

“Governments will ultimately have little choice but to treat populations in territories they serve more like customers, and less in the easy that organized…

— James Dale Davidson