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That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using read more
Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand read more
And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first
scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They read more
So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They are "our
children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a
stone.