Association Quote by Thomas Paine

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or…

— John Adams

A government builds its prestige upon the apparently voluntary association of the governed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Cory Doctorow

Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private…

— John Adams

When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements…

— John Rawls

It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals…

— John Marshall

If you get to a point where the existing institutions will not bend to the popular will, you have to eliminate the institutions.

— Noam Chomsky

Ordinary people want good government.

— Subramanian Swamy

“the overzealous institutionalization of social relationships, which comes along with the increasing formalization and physical and numerical growth of modern settlements and societies, makes…

— Aleksandar Fatic

Our history tells us that public institutions evolve through a process of bargaining between the state and groups in society.

— Hilary Benn