Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders and shift that problem to the hands of the government to the same extent we are sacrificing the liberties of our people.
For forms of government let fools contest; Whateer is best administerd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His cant be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree But all mankinds concern is charity.
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature a type nowhere at present existing.
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping and like the grave cries Give give!
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our despair against our own will comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
The criterion by which these people judge their action is a simple one. If in any part of the world the Communist Party by no matter what means is in power that is democracy. If anywhere the Communists fail then however fair the conditions it is regarded as Fascism.
Government is not a substitute for people but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
EXECUTIVE n. An officer of the Government whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves consisting of many and various and powerful interests combined into one mass and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.
How many of us are waiting for the opportunity to do some great thing for the betterment of our community forgetting that the solution of the problem requires only the active intelligent fulfillment of individual civic duty. The only things which are wrong about our Government are the things which are wrong with you and me. Democracy is never a thing done; it is and always will be a goal to be achieved. It means action not passive acquiescence in things as they are; it requires alertness to duty a dynamic faith a willingness to give for the good of all. It can live only as a result of loyalty and devotion to its principles expressed by daily deeds.
There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought readiness to accept paternalistic measures by government and along with those measures comes a surrender of our own responsibilities and therefore a surrender of our own thought over our own lives and our own right to exercise the vote. The free system gives the right to every citizen to do something for himself. Because he has the right the opportunity is always there.
Finally two days ago I succeeded not on account of my hard efforts but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot therefore maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life … the children; those who are in the twilight of life … the elderly; and those who are in the shadow of life … the sick … the needy … and the disabled.
Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
You are apprehensive of monarchy; I of aristocracy. I would therefore have given more power to the President and less to the Senate.
A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.
And having looked to Government for bread on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.
Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ships captain has to avoid a shipwreck.
There is hardly a facet of life that is now free of some sort of federal action.
If I wished to punish a province I would have it governed By philosophers.
What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.
I will govern according to the common weal but not according to the common will.
Every time that we try to lift a problem from our own shoulders and shift that problem to the hands of the government to the same extent we are sacrificing the liberties of our people.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
Society in every state is a blessing but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of bad men.
The King said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you my wife govern me; your son governs you.
For forms of government let fools contest; Whateer is best administerd is best. For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His cant be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree But all mankinds concern is charity.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Its a good thing we dont get all the government we pay for.
A government with the policy to rob Peter to pay Paul can be assured of the support of Paul.
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature a type nowhere at present existing.
And if a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand.
Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it gets out of its way.
When you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping and like the grave cries Give give!
He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart and in our despair against our own will comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
The criterion by which these people judge their action is a simple one. If in any part of the world the Communist Party by no matter what means is in power that is democracy. If anywhere the Communists fail then however fair the conditions it is regarded as Fascism.
Where the state begins individual liberty ceases and vice versa.
Government is not a substitute for people but simply the instrument through which they act. And if the individual fails to do his duty as a citizen government becomes a very deadly instrument indeed.
EXECUTIVE n. An officer of the Government whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time as the judicial department shall be pleased to pronounce them invalid and of no effect.
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.
A power has risen up in the government greater than the people themselves consisting of many and various and powerful interests combined into one mass and held together by the cohesive power of the vast surplus in the banks.
A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.
Government is a trust and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
Though the people support the government the government should not support the people.
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
How many of us are waiting for the opportunity to do some great thing for the betterment of our community forgetting that the solution of the problem requires only the active intelligent fulfillment of individual civic duty. The only things which are wrong about our Government are the things which are wrong with you and me. Democracy is never a thing done; it is and always will be a goal to be achieved. It means action not passive acquiescence in things as they are; it requires alertness to duty a dynamic faith a willingness to give for the good of all. It can live only as a result of loyalty and devotion to its principles expressed by daily deeds.
There is a kind of dictatorship that can come about through a creeping paralysis of thought readiness to accept paternalistic measures by government and along with those measures comes a surrender of our own responsibilities and therefore a surrender of our own thought over our own lives and our own right to exercise the vote. The free system gives the right to every citizen to do something for himself. Because he has the right the opportunity is always there.
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert in 5 years thered be a shortage of sand.
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
Finally two days ago I succeeded not on account of my hard efforts but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash of lightning the riddle was solved. I am unable to say what was the conducting thread that connected what I previously knew with what made my success possible.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life?
I am not a Virginian I am an American.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot therefore maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.
The moral test of government is how it treats those who are in the dawn of life … the children; those who are in the twilight of life … the elderly; and those who are in the shadow of life … the sick … the needy … and the disabled.