Accomplish Quote by Walter E. Williams

...the essence of the evil government is that it anticipates bad conduct on the part of its citizens. Any government which assumes that the…

— Philip K. Dick

The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control.

— Benjamin Tucker

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

— James Cook

Government is a necessary evil

— Thomas Paine

Government is essentially immoral. The State employs evil weapons to subjugate evil, and is alike contaminated by the objects with which it deals, and…

— Herbert Spencer

Personally, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build or you can use a hammer to…

— Molly Ivins

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of…

— Harry Browne

That the sole object and only legitimate end of government is to protect the citizen in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion;…

— Eric Hoffer

Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All…

— Wendell Phillips