Government Quotes

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.

Thomas Jefferson



The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston Churchill



No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Abraham Lincoln
  


I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Thomas Jefferson



Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington



Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Thomas Paine



We have the best government that money can buy.
Mark Twain