Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Topics: Government Quotes

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not;...

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not;...

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood...

The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture,...

The beauty of the internal nature cannot be so far concealed by its accidental vesture,...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

A dream has power to poison sleep.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, The lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects...

Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects...

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return....

A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other....

A husband and wife ought to continue united so long as they love each other....

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is...

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

In the infancy of society every author is necessarily a poet

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

Hell is a city much like London A populous and smoky city

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell,...

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant...

To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant...

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...

'Tis the set of the sail that decides the goal, and not the storm of...