Government Quotes

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.

Goal of government should be to maximize the happiness of the people. Giving each person money allows them to decide what meets their needs, rather than the blunt tool of legislation, which creates self-serving special interests.

The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.

Men are governed by lines of intellect – women: by curves of emotion.

Taxes are the source of life for the bureaucracy, the army and the court, in short, for the whole apparatus of the executive power. Strong government and heavy taxes are identical.

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

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.