I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
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.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.
Governments are run by people. People can be bad.
I believe that government is too large, costs too much, spends too much, and has too much regulatory power in our lives.
Government on its own is always inefficient.
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.