Quotes about Government

“The Ethiopian government's use of the railway from Djibouti to Addis Ababa was, in practice, a hazardous regards transport of arms intended for the Ethiopian forces.”

“Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote.”

“We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.”

“Let's not allow the voice of the people to be overwhelmed by the siren song of those who opposed regulation, who demanded that government should stand aside and let finance and business run the show.”

“A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.”

“But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.”

“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.”

“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.”

“I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures. This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.”

“You need to be intent on reducing size, scope, and influence of government.”

“I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.”

“If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.”

“If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.”

“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.”

“I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.”

“I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.”

“A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers.”

“Uncontrolled access to data, with no audit trail of activity and no oversight would be going too far. This applies to both commercial and government use of data about people.”

“I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts.”

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”

“You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case the government fails to follow the first one.”