All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Edmund Burke
My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. Grover Norquist
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none. Andrew Jackson
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Ambrose Bierce
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches. Thomas Paine
Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States. George W. Bush
Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government. Milton Friedman
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor. Hubert H. Humphrey
Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty. Hubert H. Humphrey
There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. Ray Bradbury
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. Lyn Nofziger
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. Donald Trump
Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination. Harry S. Truman
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. Alexander Hamilton
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency. Douglas MacArthur
We are beginning a new era in our government. I cannot too strongly urge the necessity of a rigid economy and an inflexible determination not to enlarge the income beyond the real necessities of the government. Andrew Jackson
I don't think the government should be in the trailer-park business. I don't think they know how to run a trailer park. Billy Graham
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. Bertrand Russell
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams. Jesse Jackson