Quotes tagged with 'government'

One useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three is a Congress.
—John Quincy Adams government

It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
—Samuel Adams freedom government

If there was such a thing as freedom of information then there would be no need to submit a request for it in writing.
—A. Anonymous freedom government

One should never believe anything until it’s been officially denied.
—Humphrey Appleby / Yes Minister TV Show government

If you are not fighting for the things you care about, you are losing.
—Julian Assange freedom government

What does censorship reveal? It reveals fear.
—Julian Assange government

People should have privacy. Governments should have transparency.
—Julian Assange government privacy

The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself.
—Saint Augustine government

Being a "conspiracy theorist" is spending endless hours for years & years gathering as much information as possible from as many resources as possible and critically thinking about what that information means then having people who do nothing but watch TV tell you you're crazy.
—Unknown Author government life

You need to love your freedom more than you fear a germ.
—Unknown Author covid government health

If there was such a thing as 'freedom of information' then there would be no need to submit a request for it in writing.
—Unknown Author government

There's no such things as gay rights, trans rights, minority rights, or even women's rights. There are only individual rights. Either we all have the same rights regardless, or we're just groups of people fighting for special favors from the government and society.
—Unknown Author government life

If you want to take my freedoms, make damn sure you're as passionate about taking them as I am about keeping them.
—Unknown Author freedom government

I'm not challenging your authority, I'm denying it completely.
—Unknown Author government

Democracy: In which you say what you like and do what you’re told.
—David Barry government

When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
—Frédéric Bastiat government

The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds.
—Isaiah Berlin government

The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.
—David B Noaz freedom government

So what is government? Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion – such as the Mafia. So to be more precise, government is the agency of coercion that has flags in front of its offices.
—Harry Browne government

Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government you wouldn't be able to walk.'
—Harry Browne government