Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best
state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one;
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries *by a
government*, which we might expect in a country *without government*,
our calamities is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means
by which we suffer." -- Thomas Paine
state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one;
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries *by a
government*, which we might expect in a country *without government*,
our calamities is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means
by which we suffer." -- Thomas Paine
Related:
- When we talk about property, state, masters, government,
laws, courts, and police, we say only that we don't... - When all government ...in little as in great things.
shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power... - when all government... in little as in great things,
shall be drawn to Washington as the centre of all power... - and we must consider, that since -- unfortunately -
we are forced to live together, the most important... - One thing is that, unlike any other Western democracy that I know of,
this country has operated since its beginnings with... - We must further expressly and exactly establish the point of view,
no less necessary in practice, from which war is regarded... - That government is best which governs the least, because its people
discipline themselves.
Thomas... - The first measure of a free society is *not* that its government performs
the will of the majority.
We had that in 1930s Germany and in the South until... - Government: You make it,
we take it...
