Government Quotes

If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen

Samuel James Ervin, Jr

The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect

Sam Ewing

We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it

George Farquhar

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men

Gerald R. Ford

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them.

James William Fulbright

All free governments are managed by the com Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

Kahlil Gibran

None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government

Barry Morris Goldwater

Without glasnost there is not, and there cannot be, democratism, the political creativity of the masses and their participation in management

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible

Hubert H. Humphrey

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own

William Ralph Inge

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg

Thomas Jefferson

A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...If the game runs sometime against us at home, we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake

Thomas Jefferson

To those new States whom we welcome to the ranks of the free, we pledge our word that one form of colonial control shall not have passed away merely to be replaced by a far more iron tyranny

John F. Kennedy

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for

Will Rogers

A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration

Abraham Lincoln

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is

Thomas Jefferson

If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin

Samuel Adams

The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work

Frank Zappa

No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family's care

Hillary Clinton

Every government is a scoundrel

Henry Mencken

The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office

Henry Mencken

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time

Henry Mencken

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