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.

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for read more

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for the laboring poor.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may
blunder or plunder.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Better to starve free than be a fat slave

Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty
universe.

Yet if thou didst but know how little wit governs this mighty
universe.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

Good government is no substitute for self-government

Good government is no substitute for self-government

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free.