“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.”– Ron Paul Related Quotes “If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty – not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live.”– Ron Paul “Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.”– John Locke “I’m in politics. I’m in government, so nothing surprises me.”– Andrew Cuomo