Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

So free we seem, so fettered fast we are.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.

It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.