“The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.”
“Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives”
“The first duty of a government is to give education to the people”
“The first duty of the sovereign [is] that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, [which] can be performed only by means of a military force”
“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.”
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”