Quote on Government

English: “General George Washington at Trenton,” oil on canvas, by the American artist John Trumbull. 92 1/2 in. x 63 in. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Gift of the Society of Cincinnati in Connecticut. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

” Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force ; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a  moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” ~~~ George  Washington.

 

Quote on Government

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” If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.”  ~~~  Thomas Jefferson

 

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Quote on Freedom

English: Edith Hamilton (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them, and with this as the foremost object ideas of freedom and self-reliance and service to the community were obscured to the point of disappearing. Athens was more and more looked on as a co-operative business possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to share…. Athens had reached the point of rejecting independence, and the freedom she now wanted was freedom from responsibility. There could be only one result… If men insisted on being free from the burden of a life that was self dependent and also responsible for the common good, they would cease to be free at all. Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms. ~~~ Edith Hamilton, The Echo of Greece, Chapter 2, page 47

 

Quote on Government

Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial (Photo credit: nataliemarchant)

 

“True  individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People  who are hungry and out of a job  are the stuff of which dictatorships are made” ~~~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

Quotes on Government

“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases : If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it” ~~~ Ronald Reagan