That some Forms of Government are preferable to others, cannot be doubted; yet neither our Saviour, nor his Apostles have decided where that Preference is due
Charles InglisHerein indeed consists the excellence of the English government, that all parts of it form a mutual check upon each other.
William BlackstoneThe spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.
Thomas JeffersonIt is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government.
Robert JacksonI wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent.
Dame Edith SitwellNo free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles
Patrick HenryIt is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected.
Thomas JeffersonHistory proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior.
Vladimir PutinMorals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
Denis DiderotDemocracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement AttleeWe intend to lead a government of purpose and direction so that we can offer the people of this nation the opportunity to move forward to independence, democracy and equality.
Alex SalmondThe happiness of society is the end of government.
John AdamsAn oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
ConfuciusWhile all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago
John AdamsMen must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
Oliver Wendell Holmes JuniorHistory, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
Thomas JeffersonIt is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government.
John GardnerA pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
James MadisonIt's a contradiction in terms, you can be open or you can have government.
John NettletonGovernments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
Georg W HegelCongress should recognise a government established under its auspices: there is no government in the rebel states, save the authority of Congress.
Henry DavisTruth is the glue that holds government together.
Gerald FordThe Western Canada Wilderness Committee is creating papier mache monsters and phantom bogeymen as it stirs up fears about the provincial government's
George AbbottReckless with our government;
reckless with his own future, position and place in history. [on Tony Blair]
Clare ShortAll government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund BurkeBush is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all.
Dennis Kucinich Protecting national security is the Government's top priority.
Tony McNultyWhile democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
Madeleine AlbrightBosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments.
Charles EdisonNo one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams
Jesse JacksonSir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
William Henry HarrisonI should not have made those comments on the case following your statement outlining the position of the government. [on judges being soft]
Vera BairdWe are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.
Ayn RandThe Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James MadisonA free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.
Frank Lloyd WrightA government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
Ernie FletcherSo confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.
Thomas JeffersonThe most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald ReaganThe fact that John Prescott is being paid large sums of money to do little or nothing adds to the general malaise surrounding this government and the feeling that ministers are incapable of tackling serious issues.
Vince CableA monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government.
James F CooperGovernment of the busy by the bossy for the bully (Capitalism)
Arthur SeldonDebt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people
Wendell PhillipsChina's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks.
Virginia FoxxIt's inadequate in terms of its scope, it's inadequate in terms of its information technology, leadership, management systems and processes [on his governments immigration department]
John ReidBe thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will RogersThe first duty of a government is to give education to the people.
Simon BolivarWe must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.
Warren HardingYes is the answer to that question. I've enjoyed being in government... if it would be useful for me to serve I would like to do that. [saying he would like to work for Gordon Brown despite his previous opinions of him!]
Charles ClarkeIt's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.
Alan ShepherdIt is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.
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