Government does not solve problems it subsidizes them. Ronald Reagan on government
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams on government
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson on government
It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it. Thomas Sowell on government
Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. Franklin D. Roosevelt on government
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. Ronald Reagan on government
When the government violates the people's rights, insurrection is, for the people and for each portion of the people, the most sacred of the rights and the most indispensible of duties. Marquis de Lafayette on government
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. Winston Churchill on government
The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind. Thomas Jefferson on government
The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history. Dalai Lama on government
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 on government
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Thomas Jefferson on government
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 on government
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Thomas Jefferson on government
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Dwight D. Eisenhower on government
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home. Winston Churchill on government
Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people. Eleanor Roosevelt on government
The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. Thomas Jefferson on government
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government. Thomas Jefferson on government
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Henry David Thoreau on government