It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries in itself the causes of its destruction.

Government and co-operation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death.

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient.

History is replete with proofs, from Cato the Elder to Kennedy the Younger, that if you scratch a statesman you find an actor, but it is becoming harder and harder, in our time, to tell government from show business.

The pleasure of governing must certainly be exquisite, if we may judge from the vast numbers who are eager to be concerned with it.

Governments are best classified by considering who are the "somebodies" they are in fact endeavoring to satisfy.

Man is about the same, in the main, whether with despotism, or whether with freedom.