The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.
The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
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.
Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
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.
The happiness of society is the end of government.
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.