Government Quotes

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

And I don’t think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does, maybe your belief in God does, maybe there’s another set of moral codes, but I don’t think government has a role.

Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact.

In Europe, Socialism is just another political party. It just means that government takes over certain things like hospitals, prisons, military and schools that should not be run for profit.

In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today’s decision might change the former, but it cannot change the latter.

I am a libertarian with a small “l” and a Republican with a capital “R”. And I am a Republican with a capital “R” on grounds of expediency, not on principle.

A thought-provoking recipe for reclaiming America’s heritage of liberty and self-governance.

The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

Vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.