“We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.” ArtGovernmentSpiritualThreeMoralChristianityDesignCivilizationPureSpringInstrumentsPossessionEnthusiasmGenerousRepresentativesFountainSanctuaryLoftyPrintingAntiquityRepresentative Government Author:Edward Everett
“Dexterity is one of the chief weapons of diplomacy; governments rely more upon the supremacy of this instrument, when in the hands of a skillful diplomatist, than in the soundness or justice of their claims.” HandsGovernmentJusticeWeaponsClaimsInstrumentsChiefsRelyDiplomacySupremacySkillfulSoundnessDexterity Author:James Ellis
“State authority can never be an end in itself; for, if that were so, any kind of tyranny would be inviolable and sacred. If a government uses the instruments of power in its hands for the purpose of leading a people to ruin, then rebellion is not only the right but also the duty of every individual citizen.” PeopleIfsKindEndsStatesUseHandsGovernmentWould BePurposeIndividualDutyCitizensAuthorityInstrumentsSacredTyrannyRuinsRebellion Book:Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition) Source: Mein Kampf: My Struggle: (Vol. I & Vol. II) - (Complete & Illustrated Edition)
“Work is a means; it is not an end. And for any tasks that can be performed or eliminated by a capital instrument, human labor is not the best means... Furthermore, we have science, engineering and management - the three disciplines - that really plan and control the production of goods and services, trying to eliminate labor. Who the hell is government to come along and try to create labor? The people who are producing wealth are trying to eliminate toil, while the politicians are trying to create it.” PeopleTryingHumansMeanEndsGovernmentThreePoliticsWealthEconomyHellPlansDisciplinePoliticianLaborTasksManagementInstrumentsProductionsLiberalismGoodsEngineeringToilGoods And Services Author:Louis O. Kelso
“Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.” MenHas BeensGovernmentBitsWiseJudgingConstitutionInstrumentsCleverLimitationDestroyingArbitraryJudicialJudicial Power Author:Thomas Sowell
“If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government.” IfsStatesGovernmentEarthLastsUnitedUnited StatesDisciplineEconomicsInstrumentsStartingCome UpScratchesState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Meg Greenfield
“Being the dependents of the general government, and looking to its treasury as the source of all their emoluments, the state officers, under whatever names they might pass and by whatever forms their duties might be prescribed, would in effect be the mere stipendiaries and instruments of the central power.” StatesGovernmentMightFormNamesMoneyPowerEffectsDutySourceInstrumentsMereOfficersTreasury Author:Andrew Jackson