Quotes
Quotes about Government
The American wage earner and the American housewife are a lot better economists than most economists care to admit. They know that a government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
Government is a kind of legalized pillage.
That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.
You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.
Every country has the government it deserves.
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy; and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.
Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.
Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.
The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
You have the God-given right to kick the government around--don't hesitate to do so.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
In a state-run society the government promises you security. But it's a false promise predicated on the idea that the opposite of security is risk. Nothing could be further from the truth. The opposite of security is insecurity, and the only way to overcome insecurity is to take risks. The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.
Good government is no substitute for self-government.
My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.
The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.
