Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
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.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.