Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control. — Ronald Reagan
Government is best which governs least — Thomas Paine
Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. — Lord Acton
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. — Henry David Thoreau
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. — Thomas Jefferson
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson
The ideal Government of all reflective men, from Aristotle onward, is one which lets the individual alone - one which barely escapes being no government at all. — H. L. Mencken
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government. — Alexander Hamilton
The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity. — Martin Van Buren
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves. — Ronald Reagan
We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. — Ronald Reagan
It must never be forgotten...that the liberties of the people are not so safe under the gracious manner of government as by the limitation of power. — Richard Henry Lee
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights. — Leland Stanford
When you hit a wall – of your own imagined limitations – just kick it in. — Sam Shepard
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. — Les Brown
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time. — Rabindranath Tagore
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. — Arthur C. Clarke
Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. — Duke Ellington
The limits of my language means the limits of my world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Life’s a journey. It’s a journey about discovering limits. — Larry Ellison
Never limit your view of life by any past experience. — Ernest Holmes
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
Founding Fathers Quotes
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking. — Benjamin Franklin
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. — Edward Abbey
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. — Benjamin Franklin
Never tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil. — Thomas Jefferson
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry. — Unknown Author
Our heavenly Father understands our disappointment, suffering, pain, fear, and doubt. He is always there to encourage our hearts and help us understand that He's sufficient for all of our needs. When I accepted this as an absolute truth in my life, I found that my worrying stopped. — Charles Stanley
The only limitations one has are the ones they place on themselves.
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson
A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother. — Benjamin Franklin
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. — Thomas Jefferson
Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism. Thus, the founding fathers of America saw it, and thus with God's help, it will continue to be. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Small Government Quotes
The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite. — Thomas Jefferson
It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion. — Warren Rudman
The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated. — William E. Simon
Don't limit yourself to the skies when there is a whole galaxy out there.
It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men. — Strom Thurmond
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around me I see something very different, let us say - a number of angry dwarfs trying to grill a whale. — William Carlos Williams
A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property. — Harold Laski
We must not allow others' limited perceptions to define us.
It is time for conservatives to do what they do best and insist that a wasteful, inefficient government program gets off the books. Small government and the death penalty don't go together. — Christy Clark
Conservatives should question how the death penalty actually works in order to stay true to small government, reduction in wasteful spending, and respect for human life. — Jay Sekulow
But I'm very libertarian in the sense that I believe in small government and, as a general rule, I don't believe in imposing values upon people. — Stephen Harper
[We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men. — Woodrow Wilson
The world is not limited by IQ. We are all limited by bravery and creativity. — Astro Teller
Your limits are somewhere up there, waiting for you to reach beyond infinity. — Henry H. Arnold
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. — Mary Kay Ash
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. — Steve Jobs
I'm the tower of power, too sweet to be sour. I'm funky like a monkey. Sky's the limit and space is the place! — Randy Savage
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. — Albert Einstein
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. — Michael Landon
Be all you can be in whatever you choose to do. The sky is the limit, so go for it. And do not create any self-imposed limitations. — Nick Saban
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
To achieve the highest accomplishments within the scope of our capabilities in all walks of life we must constantly strive to acquire strong, healthy bodies and develop our minds to the limits of our ability. — Joseph Pilates
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