Degrees Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

— Thomas Jefferson

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed.

— 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

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

— Plato

“Our country is now at risk of forgetting the value of limited government. We are told bigger government is necessary for the general welfare…

— Allen West

Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness,…

— Ronald Reagan

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.

— Albert Einstein

“Government, however, has its sole legitimate function in preventing the violation of the lives, liberties, and properties of its constituents. It is not empowered…

— Joseph Befumo

The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of…

— George Washington

An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent…

— Orson Pratt

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.

— Mercy Otis Warren

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