My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government

Quote by John Sharp Williams

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I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do...

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

I bear solemn witness to the fact that NATO heads of state and of government...

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...

Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion;...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.