Government Quotes and Sayings
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
- Charles De Gaulle
Beware the greedy hand of government, thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
- Thomas Paine
The mightiest of weapons is truth. And everyone knows you’re not permitted to enter a government building with a weapon.
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
- Edward R. Murrow
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
- Winston Churchill
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.
- Thomas Paine
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
- Barry Goldwater
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
– Abraham Lincoln
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
- P.J. O’Rourke
Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
– James Russell Lowell
The best argument against democracy is a five- minute conversation with the average voter.
– Winston Churchill
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
- William Howard Taft
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
- RONALD REAGAN
The will of the people is the source and the happiness of the people the end of all legitimate government upon earth.
- JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.
- LAURELL K. HAMILTON
It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
A government of laws, and not of men.
- JOHN ADAMS
There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.
- Confucius
That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
- CONFUCIUS