Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally read more

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own read more

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.