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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

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.

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.

Governments are composed of human beings, and all of the frailties that humans possess are absorbed into these governments and become active within these governments. Hatred, anger, jealousy, fear, greed, distrust and the whole host of afflictions that humans must bear, lurk just beneath the surface of civility displayed by 'government.'

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.