“The ultimate solution is not in the hands of the government. The solution falls on each and every individual, with guidance from family, friends and community. The #1 responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow. This is of greater importance than working on changing the government; that is secondary to promoting a virtuous society. If we can achieve this, then the government will change.” IfsHandsGovernmentFallIndividualCommunityResponsibilityGreaterAchieveSolutionsUltimateImportanceGuidanceVirtuousPromotingFamily Friends Author:Ron Paul
“we do know now, all of us, that the most appalling cruelties are committed by apparently virtuous governments in expectation of a great good to come, never learning that the evil done now is the sure destroyer of the expected good.” KnowsDoneGovernmentEvilExpectationsCommittedExpectedCrueltyGood And EvilVirtuousDestroyers Book:Collected stories and other writings Source: Collected stories and other writings
“If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would have been executed without hesitation by the ministers of open violence or of specious injustice. The caution, the delay, the difficulty with which he proceeded in the condemnation and punishment of a popular bishop, discovered to the world that the privileges of the church had already revived a sense of order and freedom in the Roman government.” IfsWorldHas BeensGovernmentOrderChurchHistoryViolenceCitizensDifficultyInjusticePrivilegePunishmentMinistersRepublicVirtuousDelayCautionEmperorBishopsHesitationCondemnationRoman Empire Book:Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Edward Gibbon (Illustrated)