It is the duty of every patriot to protect his country from its government.
Government Quotes
Jefferson leads this page, followed by Milton Friedman, Robert LeFevre and Lincoln. Most of it is political philosophy, with a few jokes mixed in: P. J. O’Rourke in Parliament of Whores (1991) says giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys, and Will Rogers, in 1935, said a comedian needs no credit when the whole government is working for him.
Two well-known lines are flagged. “Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants” is credited to William Penn, but the oldest wording the notes cite is from a 1949 speech by Norman Vincent Peale. The one about a government big enough to give you everything being big enough to take it away is credited to Barry Goldwater, and the notes point to older versions of it.
Response to a journalist when asked what is most likely to blow governments off course.
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
It's fine if the law bans books because government won't really enforce it.
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure...
Fellow-citizens! God reigns and the Government at Washington still lives!
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations.