Edward Abbey Government Quotes

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

- Edward Abbey

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

- Edward Abbey

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

- George Bernard Shaw

The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from government.

- Thomas Paine

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

- Benjamin Franklin

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

- Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is government of, by and for the people

- Abraham Lincoln

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

- Plato