Quotes about Government
Anyone who does not want communism-and none of us do-should take socialism seriously.
- Karl Barth
I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.
- Will Rogers
Our financial ills will never be settled till you fix it so every man will pay an income tax on what he earns, be it a farm, grocery store or municipal or government bonds.
- Will Rogers
An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.
- Thomas Jefferson
The equal rights of man and the happiness of every individual are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
- Thomas Jefferson
We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.
- James Madison
Of all debts, men are least willing to pay their taxes; what a satire this is on government.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state. The construction of government ought to be such as to bring forward, by a quiet and regular operation, all that extent of capacity.
- Thomas Paine
It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.
- Gordon Hinckley
If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance in the affairs of state.
- Billy Graham
We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.
- Mahatma Gandhi