Quotes about Government

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

We spent a good part of the twentieth century trying out various forms of revolution, from Marxism to savage capitalism, ranging through each and every intermediate shading. Our hope that a change in government can improve our luck is like hoping to win the lottery: totally without rational foundation.

After order and liberty, economy is one of the highest essentials of a free government.... Economy is always a guarantee of peace.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

No man ever saw a government. I live in the midst of the Government of the United States, but I never saw the Government of the United States.

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbour.

The government is supposed to conform to our will. By taking the most important thing you have, your health and your health care, and turning that over to the government, you fundamentally shift the power, a huge chunk of it, from the people to the government. This is not the direction that we want the government to go in this nation.

I thought I was leaving elected office and politics in order to focus on schooling, but as you know, schooling turns out to be frankly even more political than politics.

I believe in open government. I've always believed in open government. I don't e-mail, however. And there's a reason: I don't want you reading my personal stuff.

The fact is, my friends, most Americans don't want more government. They want less government.

Some years ago, the federal government declared war on poverty, and poverty won.