1,009 Quotes Regarding Government


If my theory of relativty is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
Albert Einstein

Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.
H.L. Mencken

Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.
Benito Mussolini

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

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.
Seneca

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
Mark Twain

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.
George Washington

Today it is not big business that we have to fear. It is big government.
Wendell L. Wilkie

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
William E. Borah