Government Quotes

Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice - that struggle continues.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government.

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed with vital powers. A people cannot be free who do not participate in the control of the government which operates upon them.

Everything government touches turns to crap.

Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.

A limited government is much more likely to be a competent government.

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens.

The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.

The batteries are gradually becoming charged, and if the prudence of the government does not provide an outlet for the currents that are accumulating, some day the spark will be generated.

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.