Famous Quotes

"Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation."

Gouverneur Morris on Government

More quotes about Government

• "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

• "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

  Winston Churchill on Government

• "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

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

  George Washington on Government

• "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."

  Thomas Paine on Government

More quotes by Gouverneur Morris

• "Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God."

• "Americans need never fear their government because of the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation."

• "Religion is the solid basis of good morals therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God."