Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The essence of good government is trust.
Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.
Good government is good politics.
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous.
When you have a new government assume power, everyone, without exception, has to work for the benefit of the common good.
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.