Government Quote by Thomas Paine

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

— William Godwin

“The anarchy that threatens a degrading society is not its punishment, but its remedy.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that…

— Thomas More

Wrong doing must be punished. If not, it will proliferate until anarchy wears the robes of tolerance and understanding.

— Terry Goodkind

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery and suffering to the masses have their root in…

— Lucy Parsons

Punishment is the root of violence on our planet.

— Marshall B. Rosenberg

Let the punishments of criminals be useful. A hanged man is good for nothing; a man condemned to public works still serves the country,…

— Voltaire

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

— William Godwin

Nations like individuals are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world.

— Abraham Lincoln

Government should uphold-and not undermine-those institutions which are custodians of the very values upon which civilization is founded: religion, education and, above all, family.

— Ronald Reagan

We moralize among ruins.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Do not believe that you can find a universal remedy for evil conditions or immoral practices in effecting a fundamental change in society (as…

— Raghuram G. Rajan