940 private quotes tagged government

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” — Mark Twain

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“Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.” — Plato

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“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.” — Edward Abbey

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“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” — James Madison

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“So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.” — Thomas Paine

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“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” — Ronald Reagan

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“Man is not free unless government is limited.” — Ronald Reagan

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“My brother Bob doesn't want to be in government - he promised Dad he'd go straight.” — John F. Kennedy

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“No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free no one ever will.” — Thomas Jefferson

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“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” — H. L. Mencken

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“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.” — Samuel Johnson

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“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.” — Woodrow Wilson

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“Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.” — Ralph Nader

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“When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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“In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.” — Cal Thomas

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“The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.” — Rush Limbaugh

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“Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.” — Rosa Luxemburg

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