“Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.”
Thomas Jefferson
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
“The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.”
Richard M. Nixon
“America, where thanks to Congress, there are forty million laws to enforce the Ten Commandments”
Anatole France
“Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government”
George Washington
“They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.”
George W. Bush
