Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.
Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.
The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Society in every state is a blessing but government even in its best stage is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.
I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom limited government and minding our own business overseas.
That government is best which governs least.
Those who govern having much business on their hands do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom but forced by the occasion.
If liberty and equality as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
The best minds are not in government. If any were business would steal them away.
We have the best government that money can buy.
Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.
Experience hath shewn that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have in time and by slow operations perverted it into tyranny.
Science shows us truth and beauty and fills each day with a fresh wonder of the exquisite order which governs our world.
The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.
Unfortunately the attitude of many towards the press humanitarians included and especially government workers is often one of suspicion if not outright fear.
When you are facing the wilderness on your own you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.
The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands literally.
Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best ' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.
Today I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions it is governed by our mental attitude.
I think art education especially in this country which government pretty much ignores is so important for young people.