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General Government

«The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity»
«Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give the fullest freedom for activities of private persons and groups who often identify their own interests, essentially selfish, with the general welfare.»
«I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies,»
«I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer, just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals . . . The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom, and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.»
«The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.»
«A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences»
«History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.»
«The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it.»
«The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as the general government»
«In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other»

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