“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed”

“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.”

“it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.”

“I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.”

“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

“Though the people support the government; the government should not support the people.”