“I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?”
Benjamin Franklin
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...”
Thomas Jefferson
“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.”
Voltaire
“In a healthy nation there is a kind of dramatic balance between the will of the people and the government, which prevents its degeneration into tyranny.”
Albert Einstein
“Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.”
Lao Tzu
