Civil rights Quote by Thomas Jefferson

No government can be maintained without the principle of fear as well as duty.

— Jon Meacham

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

— Baron de Montesquieu

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.

— William Penn

There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I…

— Andrew Johnson

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

The only thing I believe is individual responsibility doesn't mean the government is the answer to ever fear and every problem every individual has.…

— Sean Hannity

I heartily accept the motto, "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

There is something very unnatural and odious in a government a thousand leagues off. A whole government of our own choice, managed by persons…

— John Adams