I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.
Harold MacMillan
It is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells... →
Thomas Babington Macaulay
The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a... →
That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
James Madison
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a... →
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of... →
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next... →