The foremost art of kings is the power to endure hatred.
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A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the crown. It may be frail - its roof may shake - the wind may blow through it - the storm may enter - the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter! - all his force dares not cross the threshhold of the ruined tenement!
It is the duty of Her Majesty's Government neither to flap nor to falter.
The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government but that of finding places for the discontented is the most difficult.
Every man wishes to pursue his occupation and to enjoy the fruits of his labours and the produce of his property in peace and safety and with the least possible expense. When these things are accomplished all the objects for which government ought to be established are answered.
No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States but I never saw the Government of the United States.
A friend of mine says that every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells and when I give a man an office I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
The road to democracy is not a freeway. It is a toll road on which we pay by accepting and carrying out our civic responsibilities.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed and are right.
Inflation is one form of taxation that can be imposed without legislation.
The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles of our system of government.
The art of government is the organization of idolatry.
The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.
The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.
The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.