Logo
Quote by William Godwin
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurp

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. – William Godwin

Other quotes by William Godwin

We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life. – William Godwin

Category:
Body
Author
William Godwin
Read Quote

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. – William Godwin

Category:
Imagination
Author
William Godwin
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. Its the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. – Lily Tomlin

Category:
Government

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. – Thomas Paine

Category:
Government

We just put General Motors in the hands of people who cant even run our own government. – Glenn Beck

Category:
Government

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. – James Madison

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

A place for everything and everything in its place. – Old saying, circa early 1600s

Category:
Clutter

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. РJos̩ Ortega y Gassett

Category:
Effort

The subject matter of the stories on the surface… there seem to be a number of stories about travel. – Kenneth Koch

Category:
Travel

After all, C++ isnt a perfect match for Javas design aims either. – Bjarne Stroustrup

Category:
design