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“One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.”

Government Would Be Purpose Worst Errors Protection Interfere Propositions Admission Affording

Author:Nassau William Senior

“Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain. Nor must we forget that there has often been much more cultural and spiritual freedom under an autocratic rule than under some democracies and it is at least conceivable that under the government of a very homogeneous and doctrinaire majority democratic government might be as oppressive as the worst dictatorship.”

“It may be true that the government that governs best governs least Unfortunately, the same is also true of the government that governs worst.”

May Government Worst Being True

Author:Jane Bowles

“The government of heaven, if wickedly administered, would become one of the worst governments upon the face of the earth. No matter how good a government is, unless it is administered by righteous men, an evil government will be made of it.”

Ifs Men Made Matter Government Earth Faces Evil Heaven Worst Righteous Righteous Man Evil Government

Author:Brigham Young

“Obviously the government of [Mussolini's] time, out of fear that German power might lead to complete victory, preferred to ally itself with Hitler's Germany rather than opposing it. The racial laws were the worst fault of Mussolini as a leader, who in so many other ways did well.”

Way Wells Government Might Law Leader Worst Victory Faults Germany Allies Opposing

Author:Silvio Berlusconi

“Worst damnfool mistake I ever made was letting myself be elected Vice President of the United States. Should have stuck with my old chores as Speaker of the House. I gave up the second most important job in the Government for one that didn't amount to a hill of beans. I spent eight long years as Mr. Roosevelt's spare tire.”

“But public works, economic protectionism, cheap money, "deficit-financed government spending," and "the animal spirits of the spendthrift in the service of boosting "consumption demand"... Doesn't Keynesianism simply appeal to the worst in human nature?”

Humans Government Spirit Animal Economic Worst Human Nature Demand Spending Appeals Consumption Deficit Government Spending Protectionism Spendthrift Animal Spirits Keynesianism

Author:Ilana Mercer

“The average ordinary person, in the worst slums of America, someone who might even hate the law and disagree with the government, they would do something about that [abandoned child]. But in Afghanistan, people hardly have the means to take care of themselves, let alone a random child on the street.”

People Mean Children Persons Government Might Care America Law Hate Streets Worst Ordinary Average Take Care Disagree Afghanistan Abandoned Slums Ordinary Person

Author:Immortal Technique

“The Gadianton Robbers from the Book of Mormon are loose among us. The King-men, and women, are running our government. And, worst of all, we are blindly electing them, or appointing them so they can continue to destroy the things we cherish most.”

Men Book Government Running Women Worst Kings Men And Women Election Blind Sacred Cherish Destroying Appointments Destroyers Robbers Blind Faith Mormonism

Author:John Andreas Widtsoe

“We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent.”

“Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder, cynicism, incompetence and confusion. Nevertheless we are aware of intelligence circulating in the streets like a vivid bloodstream.”

Knows Country Government Streets Worst Willing Confusion Disorder Cynicism Submit Nevertheless Vivid Incompetence

Book:The Little Virtues: Essays

Source: The Little Virtues: Essays

“The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.”

Reality Government Names Worst Mob Rule

Author:Polybius

“I understand why so many Americans are fed up with government. The 112th Congress was almost universally derided as the worst ever. It was the most polarized body since the end of Reconstruction, according to one study, and I grew embarrassed by its partisan bickering, inactivity, and refusal to address the vital challenges facing America.”

Ends Body Government America Challenges Study Worst Grew Congress Addresses Feds Embarrassed Refusal Partisans Reconstruction Fed Up Inactivity Bickering

Author:Olympia Snowe