Character Quote by S.W. Southwick

“For every moral principle, there’s an equal and opposite government program”

— Erne Lewis

“the basic responsibility of government is to maximize the welfare of its citizens, not to pursue some abstract concept of the global good’.76”

— Edward Luce

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The moral test of government is how it treats people in the dawn of life, the children, in the twilight of life, the aged,…

— Hubert Humphrey

“The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.”

— Thomas Jefferson

“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“Government, however, has its sole legitimate function in preventing the violation of the lives, liberties, and properties of its constituents. It is not empowered…

— Joseph Befumo

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they…

— David Hume

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or…

— John Adams

Every man aims at avoiding what causes him pain; the activities of government ultimately consist in the infliction of pain. All great achievements of…

— Ludwig von Mises

“We have a social responsibility, a constitutional opportunity and a moral obligation to help others.”

— Janie Lewis

“The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the…

— Hubert H. Humphrey