It matters enormously to a successful democratic society like ours that we have three branches of government each with some independence and some control over the other two. That's set out in the Constitution.

Well again a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that they're purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean wow. Come on let's get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of - innocent citizens.

If marriage really is a sacred institution then why is the government controlling it especially in a nation that affirms separation of church and state?

There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money power and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result.

The problem is that when government controls the economy those who can influence government keep winning and everybody else just stays the same.

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to the citizens.

The control of information is something the elite always does particularly in a despotic form of government. Information knowledge is power. If you can control information you can control people.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.