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A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious read more
A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and contemptible in the latter.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them read more
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my read more
Far more important to me is, that I should be loyal to what I regard as the law of my political life, which is this: a belief that that country is best governed, which is least governed ...
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government of laws, and not of men.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.
