A government is a living organism. Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive. You hit it, it will fight back.
– from Stranger in a Strange Land book by Robert A. Heinlein
Tag: Quotes on Government
It may not be possible to …
It may not be possible to do away with government – sometimes I think that government is an inescapable disease of human beings. But it may be possible to keep it small and starved and inoffensive – and can you think of a better way than by requiring the governors themselves to pay the costs of their antisocial hobby?
– from The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress book by Robert A. Heinlein