Care Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable.

— Henry David Thoreau

The end of government is the happiness of the people.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of…

— James Madison

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose,…

— Frances Wright

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only…

— Charles Inglis

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

The good of the people must be the great purpose of government. By the laws of nature and of reason, the governors are invested…

— Denis Diderot

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

— Anonymous

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.

— Edmund Burke

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

— Anonymous