Government Quotes

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to follow and obey, but he must have the capacity for action as well as virtue.

The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, is not self-sufficing.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers, and oligarchy in which the rich; it is only an accident that the free are the many and the rich are the few.

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.

A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.

The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.

If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.

Supreme Court nominees should be individuals who not only understand, but truly respect the equal roles and responsibilities of different branches of government and our state governments.

It's just common sense that if you only have one candidate remaining, the apparatus of government should be responsive enough to accommodate that and not spend any more taxpayer money,.

I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

. . . behind each breakaway movement is a breakaway demagogue who will set up his breakaway demagogue government.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

This is for one simple reason: each Islamic mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.

Let us first of all frugality in government-peace and freedom we will have as a bonus.

It's true that the judgement of what firearms should be prohibited will be decided by the government of the day - and shouldn't it be that way?

Not in government or force, not in slavery or war, but in the creative, and thereby spiritual, power of freedom, shall our inspiration be found.

What, then is law [government]? It is the collective organization of the individual right to lawful defense.

The Government's enthusiasm for 24 hour drinking puzzles me... We want people to be responsible, yet we urge them to drink.

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a decent standing army and get out of the way.

The basis of the First Amendment is the hypothesis that speech can rebut speech, propaganda will answer propaganda, free debate of ideas will result in the wisest governmental policies.

all government, whatever its forms or pretenses, is a dead weight that paralyzes the free spirit and activities of the masses.

You should not be subjected to the pressures, the intimidation, whether by Government or by the private sector, which would force you into self-censorship.

We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments.

Should one whole year from this July 4th pass while the crimes of this government are allowed to continue, we may have passed the point at which non-violent revolution becomes impossible.

To commit violent and unjust acts, it is not enough for a government to have the will or even the power; the habits, ideas and passions of the time must lend themselves to their committal.

We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.

Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller, less intrusive government and be willing to enjoy fewer government programs.

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.

Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government, are of high importance.

But a multitude of people, even the two hundred million of the Chinese empire, cannot subsist without civil government.

What counts in the end is what the government does.

Next time someone says, 'Where has big government ever gotten us?' the correct answer is 'Mars.'

The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

We intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected.

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government.

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.

What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

The greatest of all evils is a weak government

I'll change the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology.