Quotes about Government

“The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts.”

“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”

“Surely the President can agree with us, that theft from government is not good. I know it's bold. It's out on the edge. I know from a Chicago-Springfield background it's hard to fully grasp that honesty could be part of government.”

“Rebellion has its roots in government's indifference and incompetence.”

“When any government separates from God and His law in Scripture and from His people and His church, it invites judgment on a personal scale and a national scale.”

“Many textbooks fail to present students with both sides of an issue. Students are being pushed toward an education that demonizes free enterprise while advocating top-down government, deficit spending and class warfare.”

“Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because it puts a lot of power in individuals' hands and makes government a rule, not of laws, but of people.”

“Everything government touches turns to crap.”

“The federal government should only be flying the flag that represents all people, the American flag.”

“Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.”

“The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.”

“Prior to email, our private correspondence was secured by a government institution called the postal service. Today, we trust AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, or Gmail with our private utterances.”

“Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.”

“Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.”

“When Republicans say they want to run government 'like a business,' they apparently mean 'run government like a Trump casino headed straight for bankruptcy court.'”

“My first real breakthrough collided with the last months of Callaghan's Labour government, which had every intention of enjoying my success as much as I did.”

“We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.”

“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.”

“I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.”

“Growing up in a political family, I soon learned that what happens in our home, school, neighborhood and government has a profound effect on us all.”

“It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.”