To rule is easy to govern difficult.

The instant formal government is abolished society begins to act. A general association takes place and common interest produces common security.

For in reason all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes.

The government which was designed for the people has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Whenever the people are well-informed they can be trusted with their own government.

Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.