You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for read more
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
States are great engines moving slowly.
States are great engines moving slowly.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
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.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
All government--indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every
virtue and every prudent act--is founded on compromise and
barter.
