Balance Quote by Simon Bolivar

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple…

— Thomas Paine

Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alteror to abolish it, &…

— Anonymous

It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to a particular…

— Herbert Spencer

There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the range of…

— John Tyler

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the…

— Vladimir Putin

And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government a perpetual,…

— Alexander Hamilton

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.

— Samuel Johnson

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts;…

— Alexander Hamilton

Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and…

— Samuel Johnson

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it… There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep…

— Samuel Johnson