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If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor read more
If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the read more
"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as
anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens
not to like.
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.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
The true art of government consists in not governing too much.
The true art of government consists in not governing too much.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves
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.
