“Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.”

“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

“Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and ju...”

“Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government.”

“Counterfeit money should not be done by anyone, whether it be government or private.”

“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”

“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.”

“All government - indeed every human benefit and enjoyment every virtue and every prudent act - is founded on compromis...”

“The State is not God. It has not the right to take away what it cannot restore when it wants to.”

“Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.”

“The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a go...”

“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”