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.

Quote by Fred Woodworth

Topics: Goodness Quotes, Government Quotes

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in...

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad,...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in...

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

The guilty catch themselves

The guilty catch themselves

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong,...

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others;...

Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others;...

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its...

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a...

If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about...

Shame is pride's cloak.

Shame is pride's cloak.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The only shame is to have none

The only shame is to have none

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill....

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.

Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.