“Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and well clothed, and under the latter, they are badly fed and badly clothed.”~William Cobbett English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, soldier, and farmer William Cobbett was born on this day in 1763.
“Of all tasks of government the most basic is to protect its citizens against violence.”~John Foster Dulles American politician, lawyer, and diplomat John Foster Dulles was born on this day in 1888.
“It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.”~Robert H. Jackson American lawyer, jurist, and politician Robert H. Jackson was born on this day in 1892.
“Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?”~Beatrice Webb English sociologist, economist, feminist, and social reformer Beatrice Webb was born on this day in 1858.
“The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.”~Baruch Spinoza Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza was born on this day in 1632.
“No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.”~Benjamin Robbins Curtis American lawyer, … Continue reading Random Quote for November 04, 2025
“Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change … Continue reading Random Quote for October 30, 2025
“The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection.”~John Marshall American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United … Continue reading Random Quote for September 24, 2025
“A government is for the benefit of all the people.”~William Howard Taft Twenty-seventh President of the United States (1909 to 1913) and tenth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1921 to 1930) William Howard Taft was born on this day in 1857.
“When the government violates the people’s rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensable of duties.”~Marquis de Lafayette French military officer and politician Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was born on this day in 1757.
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