No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burthens.

The people of the South have too much of good sense, and good temper, to attempt the ruin of the government ... At least, so I hope and believe.

According to our ancient faith, the just powers of government are derived from the consent of the governed.

In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.