Government Quotes

Embark on a journey of political wisdom and critical thinking with a collection of government quotes that illuminate the intricacies of governance, leadership, and the role of government in society.

These government quotes encapsulate the perspectives of leaders, philosophers, and visionaries who have contemplated the complexities of political systems and the pursuit of a just and prosperous society. They provoke thought, inspire critical thinking, and invite us to reflect on the responsibilities and challenges faced by governments.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust a... -Edmund Burke

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

One consequence of Russia's klepto-capitalist model is the growing appeal of government jobs, with their lucrative opportunities for payoffs.

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.

People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.

SpaceX has the potential of saving the U.S. government $1 billion a year. We are opposed to creating an entrenched monopoly with no realistic means for anyone to compete.

But that the people are stronger than the government, and will resist in extreme cases, our governments would be little or nothing else than organized systems of plunder and oppression.

In the 1980s and 1990s, radical change in economic policies fostered by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher put the brakes on government planning and ushered in a new free-market supply-side era and a two-decade boom. That model has been abandoned in the new century. This must be reversed.

The sales tax, excise and property registration departments are all more eager to collect cash in their drawers than to collect for the government's coffers.

Liberty plays an important role in justice, and there can be no justice without liberty, which is the power to do what one wills. But government exists first and foremost for the purpose of justice, which inclines the will to give each and all their due.

I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more.

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It... -Ben Shapiro

Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.

There'd never been a more advantageous time to be a criminal in America than during the 13 years of Prohibition. At a stroke, the American government closed down the fifth largest industry in the United States - alcohol production - and just handed it to criminals - a pretty remarkable thing to do.

It is not the government's right to tell you what ... -Lauren Boebert

It is not the government's right to tell you what to inject into your body.

If taxation without consent is robbery, the United States government has never had, has not now, and is never likely to have, a single honest dollar in its treasury. If taxation without consent is not robbery, then any band of robbers have only to declare themselves a government, and all their robberies are legalized.

All government, of course, is against liberty.... -H. L. Mencken

All government, of course, is against liberty.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Som... -Albert Camus

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the go... -Tim Robbins

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

The government's job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

A limited government is much more likely to be a c... -Ron DeSantis

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

We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

When one gets in bed with government, one must exp... -Ron Paul

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

In the sixties, for anybody to suggest that the government didn't have our best interests at heart and policemen sometimes killed people would have automatically made them a radical firebrand lefty. That's not the case anymore.

With 'Hunger Games,' it's about people rising up to fight against a corrupt government that controls them.

Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government bonds into real assets.

Virtual currency, where it's called a bitcoin vs. a U.S. dollar, that's going to be stopped. No government will ever support a virtual currency that goes around borders and doesn't have the same controls. It's not going to happen.

That government is the strongest of which every ma... -Thomas Jefferson

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

In local government, it's very clear to your customers - your citizens - whether or not you're delivering. Either that pothole gets filled in, or it doesn't. The results are very much on display, and that creates a very healthy pressure to innovate.

Ultimately, I do want us to be a transformative government. I want, when we've left, for people to say we're not just clean-green anymore: we're carbon neutral, or we're striving to be.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

The government is just too big, and we have to mak... -Stacey Dash

The government is just too big, and we have to make it smaller; people are getting lost.

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