Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2002-09-06 Sep 6, 2002When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.~ Edmund BurkeWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.~ Benjamin Franklin Sep 5, 2002Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare of all. But if it gets out of place, if it gets too big and out of control, it destroys the happiness and even the lives of the people.~ Harold E. Stassen Sep 4, 2002Absolute, arbitrary power over the lives, liberty and property of freemen exists nowhere in a republic, not even in the largest majority.~ Kentucky Declaration of Rights - Art. I, Sec. 2 Sep 3, 2002The prime function of the criminal law is to protect our persons and our property; these purposes are now engulfed in a mass of other distracting, inefficiently performed, legislative duties. When the criminal law invades the spheres of private morality and social welfare, it exceeds its proper limits at the cost of neglecting its primary tasks. This unwarranted extension is expensive, ineffective, and criminogenic.~ Norval Morris Sep 2, 2002I heartily accept the motto, that government is best which governs least ... Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which I also believe, that government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.~ Henry David Thoreau Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print