Severius

Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries BY A GOVERNMENT, which we might expect in a country WITHOUT GOVERNMENT, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. - Thomas Paine

What I fear most are affirmative actions of sober and well-intentioned men, granting to government powers to do something that appears to need doing. - Robert Heinlein