Quotes about Government

“There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.”

“The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.”

“Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.”

“Democracy is an abuse of statistics.”

“Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.”

“Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.”

“The practice of passing bills to find out what is in them represents a Forrest Gump-box of chocolates approach to government in which the taxpayers never know what they are going to get.”

“Businesses should be focused on business, and social responsibility should be government responsibility.”

“Lula's political culture translated into a government project that sought to include the poor in the budget with minimal efforts in terms of structural transformation. The inclusion of the poor would trigger the economy, creating a virtuous cycle of mass consumption market, increased tax collection, more investments, and more benefits.”

“The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances. This was to prevent any branch of the government from becoming too powerful.”

“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

“The world will not accept dictatorship or domination.”

“Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.”

“Okay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.”

“It is not good to have a rule of many.”

“As a trans person, I don't feel welcome in most public spaces. Especially now with Trump, I don't feel faith or recognize that we're protected by the government or administration.”

“Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.”

“To me, technology was a means to an end to achieve the social justice goals, stronger democracy and more effective government that is the aim of what I do.”

“Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.”

“You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.”

“Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government.”