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“The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they lead to the moral and material welfare of all good citizens.”

People Government Nations Moral Progress Objects Materials Citizens Prosperity Welfare Desirable Good Citizen

Book:The New Nationalism

Source: The New Nationalism

“No matter how deeply wedded one may be to the free enterprise system (and I, for one, am wedded for life), one has to accept the need for positive government; one has to consider government action on a sizable scale as desirable rather than as a necessary evil.”

Needs May Matter Government Action Evil Accepting Scales Enterprise Desirable Free Enterprise Necessary Evil

Book:Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New

Source: Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New

“Anarchy is a word that comes from the Greek, and signifies, strictly speaking, "without government": the state of a people without any constituted authority. Before such an organization had begun to be considered possible and desirable by a whole class of thinkers, so as to be taken as the aim of a movement (which has now become one of the most important factors in modern social warfare), the word "anarchy" was used universally in the sense of disorder and confusion, and it is still adopted in that sense by the ignorant and by adversaries interested in distorting the truth.”

“My sympathies are, of course, with the Government side, especially the Anarchists ; for Anarchism seems to me more likely to lead to desirable social change than highly centralized, dictatorial Communism .”

Seems Government Courses Social Sides Communism Desirable Social Change Anarchism Anarchist My Sympathy

Book:Letters of Aldous Huxley

Source: Letters of Aldous Huxley

“I don't recall that I have said and I don't think that I really feel that we need a world government. We need governments of the world that work together and collaborate. But, I can't imagine that there would be any likelihood or even that it would be desirable to have a single government elected by the people of the world.”

People Thinking World Needs Feels Said I Can Government Would Be Together Imagine Working Together Imagine That Recalls Desirable Likelihood World Government

Author:David Rockefeller

“It is doubtless very desirable, that private persons should have a correct knowledge of their personal interests; but it must be infinitely more so, that governments should possess that knowledge.”

Should Persons Government Interest Should Have Desirable Personal Interest

Book:A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

Source: A Treatise on Political Economy; Or, The Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Wealth

“Our problems are both acute and chronic, yet all we hear from those in positions of leadership are the same tired proposals for more government tinkering, more meddling and more control---all of which led us to this state in the first place... We must have the clarity of vision to see the difference between what is essential and what is merely desirable, and then the courage to bring our government back under control and make it acceptable to the people.”

People Firsts States Problem Government Differences Vision Position Essentials Tired Clarity Acceptable Desirable Proposal Meddling Tinkering Clarity Of Vision

Author:Ronald Reagan