Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Barry Goldwater
If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.
Fred Woodworth
Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
Larry Flynt
That government is best which governs least.
Thomas Paine
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
Benjamin Franklin
