Government Quotes

A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.

No responsibility of government is more fundamental than the responsibility of maintaining the highest standard of ethical behavior for those who conduct the public business.

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.

What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don’t want and the Constitution does not require, but which are in vogue in circles to which the court responds.

You, me, we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours, And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Not all Democrats are the same.

Between the government which does evil and the people who accept it – there is a certain shameful solidarity.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.

But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.