“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”– H. L. Mencken Related Quotes “A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.”– Alexis de Tocqueville “The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”– Ayn Rand “Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.”– Luke Scott