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
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. Otto von Bismarck
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. Andrew Jackson
So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. Milton Friedman
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. Milton Friedman
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. Will Rogers
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. Denis Diderot
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. H. L. Mencken
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. Will Rogers
The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. Gore Vidal
What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended. Barack Obama
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament. Vladimir Lenin
For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. Jonathan Swift
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. Thomas Paine
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. Lily Tomlin
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. Henry Ward Beecher
People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income. Robert Half
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. James Madison
Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. P. J. O'Rourke