...government to establish their freedom. He started by first examining governments themselves. Paine stated, "Society in every state is a blessing, but government...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one." Paine said that governments were necessary only because of the "inability of moral virtue to govern...

...vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing,...government even in its best state is but a necessary evil' (Paine's emphasis omitted). Among authors traditionally called 'philosophers', Hegel was the first...

...well-established among those who favored the "contract" theory of government, between society and government. "Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...even in its best state, is but a necessary evil." Government is "a mode rendered necessary by the inability of moral virtue to govern the world." The...

...our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices... Society in every state is a blessing, but government...even in its best state is but a necessary evil... Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins...

...fear the government, it is tyranny." — "Society in every state is a blessing, but government, ever in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine "Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants." — "In...

...itself. He distinguished between society, which he called our patron, and government, which he called our punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. . . . Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built upon the...

...social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism. Earl Warren Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine Since the end of the Second World War government attitudes to training have varied between...

...parasites living on the labour of the industries. -Jefferson uenzrfl 232 <£> euiP&i)ffu5>eu 1513. Government even in its best state, is but, a necessary evil, in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine 1514. The government is us: we are the government - you and I. - Roosewelt g\ijs, sr<is>(err>emi.iLiff...

...spnngs from the conviction expressed by Thomas Paine (1737-1809) in his book Common Sense: Govemment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Philosophers from both west and east have generally viewed anarchy as the worst possible political...

...di queste istituzioni: «Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness [...]. Society in every state is a blessing, but government,...necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one» 11 . Fermato questo punto, all'interno del pensiero liberale è aperto il dibattito sull'estensione...