Civil Government

Famous quotes containing the words civil and/or government:

“One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
—James Madison (1751–1836)