A government of laws, and not of men.

A government of laws, and not of men.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

A camel is a horse designed by committee.

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

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

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say read more

Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

Nothing's more dull and negligent
Than an old, lazy government,
That knows no interest of state,
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Nothing's more dull and negligent
Than an old, lazy government,
That knows no interest of state,
But such as serves a present strait.

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our read more

"The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil and danger and expense of treasure and blood. It will bring a mark of everlasting infamy on the present generation – enlightened as it is – if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or to be cheated out of them by the artifices of designing men." -Samuel Adams