Government Quote by Thomas Hobbes

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be…

— Fred Woodworth

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful…

— Nicolas Walter

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust…

— Fred Woodworth

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

— Leo Tolstoy

Government is not a person; it is hardly even a collective of people. Government is a system, and it can be a good system,…

— Leslyn Lewis

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

— James Cook

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

— George Washington

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

— Aristotle

Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.

— Thomas Frank