If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.