[odawg]

Davy Crockett in his autiobiography, about 1835, was the first person I know of that was critical of the phrase that involved “the government does such and such” as if the government was a sentient being on its own.

No, as he pointed out, there are people making the decisions in government, not the “government” making decisions. And these decisions are more and more traitorous and these people need to be hauled before a court of justice, of some kind.

[BlueLancer]

Davy Crockett in his autiobiography, about 1835, was the first person I know of that was critical of the phrase that involved “the government does such and such” as if the government was a sentient being on its own.

And then there's the always repeatable phrase to tell Congress:

You can all go to hell. I'm going to Texas."