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In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally read more
In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
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.
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of read more
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in read more
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
