Government
The happiness of society is the end of government.
- One must command from each what each can perform. Authority is based first of all upon reason. If you command your subjects to jump into the ocean, there will be a revolution. I am entitled to command obedience because my orders are reasonable.
- Then my sunset?
- You shall have your sunset. I shall command it. But I shall wait, according to my science of government, until conditions are favorable.
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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.
Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today's rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people.
I don't think the American people want unilateral government control over the entire health-care system.
Parliament of the country is the repository of the sovereign will of the people, and its successful functioning is a joint responsibility of both the government and the Opposition.
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill — little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
When government — in pursuit of good intentions — tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights. It is founded on the natural equality of mankind. It is the cornerstone of the Christian religion. It is the first element of all lawful government upon earth.
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists — to protect them and to promote their common welfare — all else is lost.
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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