Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.

Franklin Roosevelt stands like a sharply formed rock in a shapeless sea.
spoken on Book TV by a Jackson biographer.

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has read more

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves