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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for read more
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for 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.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right read more
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
 Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good 
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by read more 
 Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good 
or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is 
contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds 
contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto 
himself; it invites anarchy. 
 Nothing's more dull and negligent
 Than an old, lazy government,
  That knows no interest of state,
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 Nothing's more dull and negligent
 Than an old, lazy government,
  That knows no interest of state,
   But such as serves a present strait. 
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. read more
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; read more
Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
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.