Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves, but anarchists say that government is harmful because no men can be trusted to look after anyone else.

Quote by Nicolas Walter

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The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

No government could survive without champagne. In the throat of our diplomatic people [it] is...

No government could survive without champagne. In the throat of our diplomatic people [it] is...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer...

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this...

When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain...

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals.

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer,...

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

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

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

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the...

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and...

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and...

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of...

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of...