There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.