Government Quotes
The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to save his throne when, after a long spell of oppression, he sets out to improve the lot of his subjects.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville We must rebuild trust in the system so that the younger generation can feel reassured.
Shinzo AbeShinzo Abe When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not Guilty’.
Theodore RooseveltTheodore Roosevelt Politics isn’t only about government. Politics is about the people.
JeezyJeezy I will ensure that no criminal will ever get any political protection in my government. If anyone takes law in his hands, he would not be spared.
Yogi AdityanathYogi Adityanath The source of the government’s authority is “the consent of the governed.
Ayn RandAyn Rand If more government is the answer, then it was a really stupid question.
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan The angels are ministering spirits; they are not governing spirits.
John BrownJohn Brown We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The Past is the textbook of tyrants; the Future the Bible of the Free. Those who are solely governed by the Past stand like Lot’s wife, crystallized in the act of looking backward, and forever incapable of looking before.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.
Will RogersWill Rogers A man’s admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.
Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge When an individual stands against the government and wins, it’s not the victory of the individual but it’s the victory of the democracy.
Kangana RanautKangana Ranaut History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson