A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
Harry S TrumanIt is the duty of Her Majesty's government neither to flap nor to falter.
Harold McMillanThe media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cosy up to power: We're supposed to be the check and balance on government [God help us all then!]
Amy GoodmanProtecting national security is the Government's top priority.
Tony McNultyIt's a contradiction in terms, you can be open or you can have government.
John NettletonFor in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan SwiftThe trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults.
Robert NozickI am not going to oppose every cut the government comes up with
Ed MilibandGovernment is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.
Jimmy CarterThe chancellor's failure to give Britain's taxpayers value for money will be the terrible legacy of this government.
Oliver LetwinHope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.
Giuseppe MazziniWe 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 DavisLaws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
Sir Thomas MoreI have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.
Roy BarnesA group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch 'Big Brother'.
Bill MaherI 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 CabotA government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard ShawHave you ever noticed how we only win the World Cup under a Labour government?
Harold WilsonRelying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.
John Perry BarlowA little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
P J O'RourkeI condemn this completely irresponsible act by the government of the DPRK [on nuclear testing]
Tony BlairThe happiness of society is the end of government.
John AdamsA President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.
Harry S TrumanGood ideas are the backbone of good government.
Brian SchweitzerGovernment loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfil its obligations.
Martin GrossIf the government spends money in the regions of the UK it is called subsidy. But if it pours it down the gullet of the cities and counties in south-east England it is called essential support of the infrastructure.
John ForsythGovernment's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it.
Ronald ReaganThe Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.
William O DouglasThe Germans, if this Government is returned, are going to pay every penny; they are going to be squeezed as a lemon is squeezed - until the pips squeak. (Speech at Cambridge, 10 Dec 1918)
Sir Eric GeddesA wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labour and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas JeffersonThe federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.
Bob EtheridgeI've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.
Michael BloombergI believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free
Abraham LincolnA Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
Franklin PierceIt is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government.
Robert JacksonEvery government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
I F StoneA pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
James MadisonIf you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
Frank HerbertDemocracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Gilbert Keith ChestertonEvery country has the government it deserves.
Joseph De MaistreDemocracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
James MadisonNo 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 have 500000 reservists in America who would rise in arms against your government
Arthur ZimmermannWe live under a government of men and morning newspapers.
Wendell PhillipsThe 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 KittredgeThe taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
Ronald ReaganWe must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom
Steve ForbesThough the people support the government; the government should not support the people.
Grover ClevelandBush 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 
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