Quotes about Government

“Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.”

“Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.”

“Socialism means slavery.”

“Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.”

“Socialism violates at least three of the Ten Commandments: It turns government into God, it legalizes thievery and it elevates covetousness. Discussions of income inequality, after all, aren't about prosperity but about petty spite. Why should you care how much money I make, so long as you are happy?”

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

“Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.”

“When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that American society has found one more way to destroy itself.”

“Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.”

“For the bourgeoisie, the main danger against which it had to be protected, that which had to be avoided at all costs, was armed uprising, was the armed people, was the workers taking to the streets in an assault against the government.”

“The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.”

“I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.”

“I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'”

“Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.”

“Subsidies and mandates are just two of the privileges that government can bestow on politically connected friends. Others include grants, loans, tax credits, favorable regulations, bailouts, loan guarantees, targeted tax breaks and no-bid contracts.”

“A no deal Brexit would be a complete failure by the government to negotiate for Britain.”

“The public has a right to know what kind of monitoring the government is doing, and there should be a public discussion of the appropriate trade-offs between law enforcement and privacy rights.”

“It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.”

“Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.”

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.”

“These are issues we've been grappling with since the Constitution was written: how you hold your government to account for its words and deeds. It's all about power and the abuse of power.”