Civil Government Quotes

• But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.

  

  Ezra Stiles
  • People
  • Chinese
  • Multitude

• Without the restraints of religion and social worship, men become savages much sooner than savages become civilized by means of religion and civil government.

  

  Benjamin Rush
  • Religion
  • Worship
  • Savages

• Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice, equity, and public right.

  

  Ezra Stiles
  • Law
  • Policy
  • Public Rights