That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

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

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

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally read more

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and read more

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a
government without a king.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a
government without a king.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.