"Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle." ― Will Durant Topic(s): Government More From Will Durant "History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice." "We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway." "Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice." More In Government "The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written."― Franklin D. Roosevelt "Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint."― Alexander Hamilton "I like movies that pop, that have a little bit of candy on, that freedom to have a little bit of extra fun, but are rooted in real behaviour. Rooted in cause and effect, never violating reality."― Tony Gilroy