Famous Quotes

"The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people."

William O. Douglas 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 William O. Douglas

• "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."

• "Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse, hopefully enduring, and intimate to the degree of being sacred."

• "The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms."

• "One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment."

• "Tell the FBI that the kidnappers should pick out a judge that Nixon wants back."