Famous Quotes About government

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.

The government's view is that the best time to announce bad news, news that it doesn't want the public to dwell on is late on a Friday, when it will wind up in the Saturday papers, which if you were readers, then the week day editions. A holiday weekend is even better.

My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer to the people is best of all.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.