"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Government Tags: general, history, informs More From Thomas Jefferson "No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will." "Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital." "A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference." More In Government "The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can’t eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as ‘progress’, doesn’t spread."― Andy Rooney "Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government."― Aristotle "But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think it’s quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governor’s seat who actually knows where jobs come from."― Carly Fiorina