“Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.”
“The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. ”
“It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache?”
“Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works.”
“We always depend on the government to do this and that for us. No government can do that. Always it is with the cooperation of the people. The people must cooperate with the government. The government will think of ways to improve the welfare of the people, but the people will have to help themselves.”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.”