A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

Quote by Bertrand De Jouvenel

Topics: Government Quotes, Ideas Quotes

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

Subliminal perception is a subject that virtually no one wants to believe exists, and --...

Subliminal perception is a subject that virtually no one wants to believe exists, and --...

Than that of defrauding the government.

Than that of defrauding the government.

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I...

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy...

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't...

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't...

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit...

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit...

Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not...

Every dollar the Federal Government does not take from us, every decision it does not...

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government...

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government...

If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the...

If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest...

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official...

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official...

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the...

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the...

Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form...

Herein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form...

Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an...

Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...

All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least...