The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

When the government violates the people's rights insurrection is for the people and for each portion of the people the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials but the voters of this country.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

Government does not solve problems it subsidizes them.

The people will save their government if the government itself will allow them.

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history the stage of rule by brute force.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

The problem is not that people are taxed too little the problem is that government spends too much.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference.

Government of the people by the people for the people shall not perish from the Earth.

Government's first duty is to protect the people not run their lives.

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.

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs once launched never disappear. Actually a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.