Expected Quote by Thomas Paine

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

— Herbert Spencer

Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction.

— Frank Herbert

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

— Ronald Reagan

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret…

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Governments strong enough to protect individuals against the violence of their fellows make possible the evolution of an increasingly complex order of spontaneous and…

— Friedrich A. Hayek

If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people.

— Scilla Elworthy

Government began in tyranny and force, began in the feudalism of the soldier and bigotry of the priest; and the ideas of justice and…

— Wendell Phillips

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and…

— Grover Cleveland

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

— John Sharp Williams

Look at government programs for the past fifty years. Every single one - except warfare - achieved the exact opposite of its announced goal.

— Peter Drucker

Wars are caused by undefended wealth.

— Ernest Hemingway