Quotes about Government

“Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.”

“I say this as a Democrat, for whom the Republican domination of government threatens many values that I hold to be important to America's role as a light among nations. But there are no values that matter to me that will not be gravely endangered if we lose this war.”

“A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.”

“The federal government is doing less than it is lawfully entitled to do to protect New York City, and the City is less safe as a result.”

“The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course.”

“Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.”

“That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.”

“In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.”

“You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.”

“There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day.”

“The whole government publicity situation has everybody in the news business almost in despair, with half a dozen agencies following different lines.”

“The Leader of the Opposition's constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it's the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.”

“The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.”

“Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.”

“I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in the world who has resigned while still quite healthy.”

“Democracy is about institutions: it's about having things like schools and judiciary and the Ford Foundation, or 'The Nation' magazine - you need progressive institutions, you know what I mean? Those are important institutions to make sure that the government functions.”

“I thank all of those deputies who supported the government and gave it a vote of confidence. I believe each of those votes represents a responsible decision to avoid placing our country's membership of the eurozone in danger.”

“No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.”

“One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?”

“All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.”

“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.”