A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That’s a pretty good rule.
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person’s standing in the political community.
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