Logo
Quote by Lysander Spooner
That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reaso

That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support. – Lysander Spooner

Other quotes by Lysander Spooner

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. – Lysander Spooner

Category:
Money
Author
Lysander Spooner
Read Quote

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist. – Lysander Spooner

Category:
Government
Author
Lysander Spooner
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France. – Nicolas Chamfort

Category:
Government

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. – H. L. Mencken

Category:
Government

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I dont think it is the governments rule. – Arlen Specter

Category:
Government

Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. – Leland Stanford

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes. – Amos Bronson Alcott

Category:
Failure

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that He is the one and only God. – Lactantius

Category:
Religion

What is a movie star? It is an illusion. It was everything I ever wanted to be, but it became a kind of shell, non? It was what made me famous and got me women. But it wasnt real. – Jean Claude Van Damme

Category:
famous

The secret of success is sincerity. – Jean Giraudoux

Category:
Success