Jeremy Bentham

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

– Jeremy Bentham –

Constitutional Code; For the Use All Nations and All Governments Professing Liberal Opinions Volume 1

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Noam Chomsky

I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in “Of the First Principles of Government,” where he pointed out that “Force is always on the side of the governed.” Whether it’s a military society, a partially free society, or what we – not he – would call a totalitarian state, it’s the governed who have the power. And the rulers have to find ways to keep them from using their power. Force has its limits, so they have to use persuasion. They have to somehow find ways to convince people to accept authority. If they aren’t able to do that, the whole thing is going to collapse.

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