Government Quotes
The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared ... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society
Shirley Mount Hufstedler
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform
Alexis de Tocqueville
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests
Patrick Henry
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them
Patrick Henry
Every step we take towards making the State our Caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the State our Master
Dwight Eisenhower
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector
Ronald Reagan
I think the best possible social program is a job
Ronald Reagan
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives
Will Rogers
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights
Thomas Jefferson
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments
Thomas Jefferson
It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Dedication and responsibility, Far beyond the laws governed by man, Releases the power within you, To attain all the wisdom of the universe
Christine Lane
Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government
Richard Milhouse Nixon
Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it
Mark Twain
