Famous Quotes About government

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.

We should reject big government and look inside ourselves for all the things that built this country into what it was.

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.