Desire Quote by Thomas Clarkson

Here then is the origin and rise of government; namely, a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world;…

— Thomas Paine

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

— Alexander Hamilton

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the…

— George Washington

Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its…

— Paul Tsongas

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and…

— Alexander Hamilton

Democracy was always a gamble. In 1776, the founders rejected the old idea that government should be based on hierarchies according to wealth or…

— Heather Cox Richardson

In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing…

— Ronald Reagan

The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by…

— Leonard Read

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is…

— Michael Badnarik

An established government has an infinite advantage, by that very circumstance of its being established--the bulk of mankind being governed by authority, not reason,…

— David Hume

It is the nature of government and of technology to establish control.

— Paul Craig Roberts