“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”– Henry David Thoreau Related Quotes “Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.”– William Lyon Mackenzie King “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”– Abraham Lincoln “The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.”– Arlen Specter