government

the executive branch is a hickory switch that will hit repeated blows

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.

War, and more wars, are helping Government to siphon the earnings of its people into its treasury for its own selfish purpose, which is to rule the people for the Government instead of for the purpose of serving the people. When will the people see that the very taxes they pay are building a power to be used against them?

The government has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.

There are two things that a democratic people will always find very difficult, to begin a war and to end it.

The way we live our daily lives is what most effects the situation of the world. If we can change our daily lives, then we can change our governments and can change the world. Our president and governments are us. They reflect our lifestyle and our way of thinking. The way we hold a cup of tea, pick up the newspaper or even use toilet paper are directly related to peace.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments.
Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism -- ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power.

Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty.