I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our read more

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

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.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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.