Words To Live By, And Words To Ponder. (Words That Mean A Whole Lot Today Than Ever Before).

Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices - The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions - The first is a patron, the last a punisher - Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.

-- Thomas Paine, Common Sense