Government Quotes and Sayings - Page 2
There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.
- Confucius
A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
- Barry Goldwater
A government of laws, and not of men.
- JOHN ADAMS
It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.
- LAURELL K. HAMILTON
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 mightiest of weapons is truth. And everyone knows you’re not permitted to enter a government building with a weapon.
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
- Mark Twain
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
- RONALD REAGAN
Beware the greedy hand of government, thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry.
- Thomas Paine
Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.
- RONALD REAGAN
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
- William Howard Taft
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
- Charles De Gaulle
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
- GEORGE WASHINGTON
The best argument against democracy is a five- minute conversation with the average voter.
– Winston Churchill