Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

Society in every state is a blessing but government even in its best stage is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom limited government and minding our own business overseas.

That government is best which governs least.

If liberty and equality as is thought by some are chiefly to be found in democracy they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

The best minds are not in government. If any were business would steal them away.

We have the best government that money can buy.

Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

Experience hath shewn that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have in time and by slow operations perverted it into tyranny.

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form of government and of dreamy resignation entranced with the beauty of times past.

Unfortunately the attitude of many towards the press humanitarians included and especially government workers is often one of suspicion if not outright fear.

When you are facing the wilderness on your own you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands literally.

Just as the left has to be more willing to question 'Government knows best ' the right has to rethink its laissez-faire attitude toward government.

I think art education especially in this country which government pretty much ignores is so important for young people.

The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

In general the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.