Govern the lips as they were palace-doors, the king within; / Tranquil and fair and courteous be all words which from that presence win. Sir Edwin Arnold.
Government and co-operation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition, the laws of death. Ruskin.
Government arrogates to itself that it alone forms men.... Everybody knows that Government never began anything. It is the whole world that thinks and governs. Wendell Phillips.
Government began in tyranny and force, in 15 the feudalism of the soldier and the bigotry of the priest; and the ideas of justice and humanity have been fighting their way like a thunderstorm against the organised selfishness of human nature. Wendell Phillips.
Government has been a fossil; it should be a plant. Emerson.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
Government is a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing over-much kills the self-help and energy of the governed. Wendell Phillips.
Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees; and both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. H. Clay.
Government is the greatest combination of 20 forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any and all other agencies combined. D. D. Field.
Government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement (Bewegung). Count Arnim.