"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive."
Thomas Jefferson"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want-and their kids pay for it."
Richard Lamm"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."
Abraham Lincoln"America: Where a man can say what he thinks, if he isn't afraid of his wife, his boss, his customer, his neighbors, or the government."
Joe Moore"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
Plato"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Ronald Reagan"The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take a civil service exam."
Ronald Reagan"Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty."
George Washington"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply ... finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
George Washington"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
Winston Churchill