The people are the only legitimate fountain of power and it is from them that the constitutional charter under which the several branches of government hold their power is derived.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads and both of them are bankrupt.

It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria you've got to be prepared as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan to become the government and I'm not sure any country either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else who's willing to take on that responsibility.

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals good bad and otherwise.

We need a government alas because of the nature of humans.

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!

By a continuing process of inflation government can confiscate secretly and unobserved an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

When you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

Politically the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult which is that the size and scope of government and really the size and scope of politics in our lives has grown uncomfortable unwieldy intrusive and inefficient.

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or do we now believe that government's role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?

Government proposes bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

A President needs political understanding to run the government but he may be elected without it.

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen would you.

That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.