The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheGovernments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.
Georg W HegelI believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.
Katherine GrahamI share the view of the overwhelming majority of the party and the country that the only way the party and the government can renew itself in office is urgently to renew its leadership. [resignation letter to Tony Blair]
Tom WatsonThis is a great honour for Germany.
I think he will be a worthy successor to Pope John Paul II. I congratulate him on behalf of the government and all Germans. [on the election of Pope Benedict XVI]
Gerhard SchroederThe motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich.
Michael MooreThe government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
George WashingtonChina'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 FoxxA democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
TocquevilleFascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power
Benito MussoliniAlex Salmond has to show he is capable of and has the character to be the leader of a new government, if he is to form one
Jack McConnellGovernment is essentially immoral.
Herbert SpencerTruth is the glue that holds government together.
Gerald FordThe marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
George WashingtonGovernment of the busy by the bossy for the bully (Capitalism)
Arthur SeldonNo 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 JacksonI want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side
Gordon BrownA President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
Harry S TrumanIt is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected.
Thomas JeffersonThe chancellor's failure to give Britain's taxpayers value for money will be the terrible legacy of this government.
Oliver LetwinGovernment 'help' to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
Ayn RandAs a member of Congress, I believe it is the responsibility of those elected to represent the people at every level of government to ensure that our government works to ensure that every person who wants gainful employment has it.
Leonard BoswellI think we should do better next week, better the week after, and better right throughout the course of our government. Sometimes in parties these things happen, but it is not acceptable and I do believe that what people now want to do is to debate the future - about policy - and I think the issues about what Tony Blair will or will not do are going to be left to Tony Blair
Gordon BrownThe happiness of society is the end of government.
John AdamsThe whole history of Israel, its ritual and its government, is explicable only as it is typical of the spiritual Israel, of the sacrifice on Cavalry, of the precious blood which alone can wash away sin.
Abbott E KittredgeYes 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 ClarkeI have not yet decided on the offer [whether Shirley Williams would work with Gordon Brown's Labour government]
Baroness WilliamsWe are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another. We are pro-abortion or anti-abortion. We are free traders or protectionist. We are pro-private sector or pro-big government. We are feminists or chauvinists. But in the real world, few of us holds these extreme views. There is instead a spectrum of opinion.
Michael CrichtonCongress should recognise a government established under its auspices: there is no government in the rebel states, save the authority of Congress.
Henry DavisAll government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund BurkeHe made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]
John PrescottDisbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
Tom RobbinsThat 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 InglisNo government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
Ronald ReaganWe in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
Thomas JeffersonThe 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 JeffersonThe thought that... I would say anything on the euro other than what's the government's position is absolutely barmy.
Denis MacShaneWhat's so frustrating about this is that we are on the verge of seeing the beginnings of a democratic and permanent government [on Iraq]
Jack StrawAs long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.
Pierre De BeaumarchaisHistory, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
Thomas JeffersonMorals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.
Denis DiderotThough the people support the government; the government should not support the people.
Grover ClevelandA government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
Barry GoldwaterI believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free
Abraham LincolnWarm words from David Cameron cannot wipe out the memories of 18 years of Tory government that left a legacy in our towns and cities of homelessness, repossessions and mass unemployment.
John PrescottThe Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
William O DouglasBush 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 Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Alexander HamiltonI am concerned about a society that has demonstrably lost confidence in its institutions, in the government, in the press, in the church, in the military - as well as in business.
George CabotI believe this is responsible government, not as some have called it 'Big Brother government' [on ID Cards]
Tony Blair
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