Government Quotes
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 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 A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
Alexis de TocquevilleAlexis de Tocqueville Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.
Joseph GoebbelsJoseph Goebbels 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 We simply must have faith in each other, faith in our ability to govern ourselves, and faith in the future of this Nation. Restoring that faith and that confidence to America is now the most important task we face.
Jimmy CarterJimmy Carter The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals.
Ayn RandAyn Rand It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson Government “planning” is not an alternative to chaos. It is a pre-emption of other people’s plans.
Thomas SowellThomas Sowell You possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing.
AristophanesAristophanes Dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government.
Alexander HamiltonAlexander Hamilton The Constitution is a radical document, it is the job of the government to rein in people’s rights.
Bill ClintonBill Clinton Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDwight D. Eisenhower