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The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, read more
The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made
by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an
insult.
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our read more
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
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.
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive read more
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.
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.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more
So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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.
