Who said “Good government is the outcome of private virtue.”?

“That government is best which governs least.”

“Truth is the glue that holds government together.”

“The government is us; we are the government, you and I.”

“Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.”

“Government has no other end than the preservation of property.”

“People who love soft methods and hate iniquity forget this, -- that reform consists in taking a bone from a dog. Philosophy will not do it.”

“Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.”

“Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.”

“It is just as impossible to help reform by conciliating prejudice as it is by buying votes. Prejudice is the enemy. Whoever is not for you is against you.”

“A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.”

“All progress is experimental.”