Stability in government

About the only comment the apostle Paul made about civil government other than to "obey the powers that be" and "honor the king" was to pray for leaders that we would be able to live "a quiet and peaceable life." In other words, we ought to pray for stability in our government. John Leland, perhaps the most insightful writer on the role of government this country has produced, commented that evil produced by government is just intolerable, we ought to put up with it for the moment rather than foment revolution and social upheaval, because that happens we have no idea where things are going to go.