Quotes about Government
The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.
- Alexander Hamilton
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.
- Thomas Jefferson
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
- Aristotle
The ballot box is the surest arbiter of disputes among free men.
- James Buchanan
I do admit to mocking atheists, because mockery is a legitimate form of debate according to my rule Book. God Himself mocks evil men who refuse His moral government (see Proverbs 1:26-27).
- Ray Comfort
Since man created government to help secure and safeguard [inalienable] rights [from God], it follows that man is superior to government and should remain master over it, not the other way around.
- Ezra Taft Benson
No man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.
- Thomas Jefferson
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.
- Ayn Rand
A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
- Harry S. Truman
A nation is blessed when it has godly leaders.
- Max Lucado
All civilisation begins with a theocracy and ends with a democracy. This law of liberty succeeding unity is written in architecture.
- Victor Hugo
In principle any revolt strengthens the government it fails to overthrow.
- Victor Hugo