Quotes about Government

“Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”

“It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.”

“The best government is the least government. In some areas, I'm libertarian. I don't subscribe to any one party; they are all bad.”

“No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will.”

“As far as your personal goals are and what you actually want to do with your life, it should never have to do with the government. You should never depend on the government for your retirement, your financial security, for anything. If you do, you're screwed.”

“Sadly, in the highest levels of economic thought in government, questions are not tolerated. It is as if we're dealing with the binary thinking of a fundamentalist religion.”

“Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.”

“We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.”

“To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.”

“A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime, whether committed by one man, or by millions; whether committed by one man, calling himself a robber, (or by any other name indicating his true character,) or by millions, calling themselves a government.”

“Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.”

“We don't agree with the notion of the government to remove governors. It is unconstitutional.”

“I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies.”

“We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.”

“My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.”

“What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.”

“If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest dollar in its treasury. If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized.”

“Those who cry out that the government should 'do something' never even ask for data on what has actually happened when the government did something, compared to what actually happened when the government did nothing.”

“The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.”

“Today 23 years ago dear Grandmama died. I wonder what she would have thought of a Labour Government.”