Quotes about Government

I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.

The Apple imperative is to build a system that is 100 per cent resistant to any government warrant. The data on your iPhone, no matter how swarmy, corrupt, or dangerous you are, is supposedly safe. That's also the proposition of Panamanian banking laws.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

As far as single payer, it works in Canada. It works incredibly well in Scotland.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

Anyone who does not want communism-and none of us do-should take socialism seriously.

I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.

Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.

An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.

The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.

Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.