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Good government is no substitute for self-government
Good government is no substitute for self-government
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government of laws, and not of men.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
A thousand years scarce serve to form a state;
An hour may lay it in the dust.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
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.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.
