Form Quote by Wendell Phillips

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which…

— Henry David Thoreau

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

— Abraham Lincoln

Governments have their origin in the moral identity of men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

— Herbert Hoover

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and…

— James Madison

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided…

— Anonymous

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed.

— Giambattista Vico

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the…

— Anonymous

Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

— Woodrow Wilson

With words we govern men.

— Benjamin Disraeli