1,009 Quotes Regarding Government


The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
Lord Acton

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
Henry Clay

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.
Kay Bailey Hutchison

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
Wendell Phillips

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
Lewis Mumford

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.
Fred Woodworth

Americans no longer look to government for economic security rather, they look to their portfolios.
Bill Owens

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Adrian Cronauer

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.
Dirk Kempthorne

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
Dale Dauten

The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them.
Cullen Hightower

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
Charles de Secondat

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.
Fred Woodworth

The essence of good government is trust.
Kathleen Sebelius

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.
James Q. Wilson

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
Wendell Phillips

As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
Bill Owens

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
Jonathan Mayhew

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.
Thomas Jefferson

When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson