25 result(s) for Government Control Quotes.
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master."
"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
"That government is best which governs least."
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."
"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have."
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule it."
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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"Government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of force."
"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."
"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem."
"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."
"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive."
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants."
"War is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfill our will."
"The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
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"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
"Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding."
"Governments never learn. Only people learn."
"I am not fond of the word tolerance, but I know no better one. Tolerance is every individual's duty to mankind."
