Famous Quotes About government

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?