I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.