The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms. Votes: 3
Sheldon RichmanIn a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority. Votes: 2
Robert W. Welch, Jr.Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. Votes: 2
P. J. O'RourkeThe object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power. Votes: 0
Douglas MacArthurWe can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint. Votes: 0
William Howard TaftOur Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed, Votes: 0
Ron Paul[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . . Votes: 0
Alexander HamiltonNo government knows any limits to its power except the endurance of the people. Votes: 0
Lysander SpoonerWherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. Votes: 0
James MadisonThe chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power. Votes: 0
Friedrich August von HayekWe cannot restore traditional American freedom unless we limit the government's power to tax. Votes: 0
Frank ChodorovLet us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. Votes: 0
Franklin D. RooseveltThe Government of the United States possesses no power whatever over the question of religion. Votes: 0
James BuchananLaws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power. Votes: 0
Thomas MoreGovernment's power to bully people who have broken no law is dangerous to all of us. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellThose government officials who want more power are not going to stop unless they get stopped. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellThe power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government. Votes: 0
James MadisonWhen the President signs this act, the invisible government by the money power will be legalized. Votes: 0
Charles LindberghThe government has to be on the side of the people if the corporations take too much power. Votes: 0
Ian BremmerWhat the Lib Dems have failed to do is offer any meaningful agenda for government or for power. Votes: 0
Lucy PowellThe only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren Votes: 0
Ayn RandI deny the power of the general government to making paper money, or anything else a legal tender. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonThe central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government. Votes: 0
Grover NorquistThere should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power. Votes: 0
Lewis Blackthe story of liberty is a history of the limitation of a government power, not the increase of it. Votes: 0
William J. Federer