No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own read more

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

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.

So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They read more

So then because some towns in England are not represented,
America is to have no representative at all. They are "our
children"; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a
stone.

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.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.