Quotes About Control

The early American knew that freedom was nothing more than the absence of external restraint on behavior; the government could not give you freedom, it could only take it away.

No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.

I believe that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision.

When the state or federal government controls the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

The greatest danger facing our nation isn't terrorism, global warming or the energy crisis. It is out-of-control, unbridled government spending.

Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free.

The essential feature of government is the enforcement of its decrees by beating, killing, and imprisoning.

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The Latin motto over Poindexter's new Pentagon office reads Scientia Est Potentia - "knowledge is power." Exactly: the government's infinite knowledge about you is its power over you.

All government is an ugly necessity.

There can be no such thing as "limited government," because there is no way to control an entity that in principle enjoys a monopoly of power.

There is a government within the government who controll this and i do not controll it

Without popular fear, no government would endure more than twenty-four hours.

Sarah, there's a government inside the government, and I don't control it.

Wherever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

The Latin American drug cartels have stretched their tentacles much deeper into our lives than most people believe. It's possible they are calling the shots at all levels of government.