I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.
The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance.
You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.
To be a member of the Labor Party is to be an optimist - optimistic about the future of Australia, optimistic about the ability of government to make a difference.
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.
I very much believe in values-based leadership and that the values that I believe in and try to govern by are transcendent values.
There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.
The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing.
The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.
The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia.
I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.
We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America.
Civilisation and the life of nations are governed by the same laws as prevail throughout nature and organic life.
Obama and his associates are fantastic campaigners but have little ability or skill to govern.
Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.
The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.
Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.
Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.