Quotes about Government
To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.
- Samuel Johnson
If there is no final place for civil disobedience, then the government has been made autonomous, and as such, it has been put in the place of the living God.
- Francis Schaeffer
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
- Thomas Paine
The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.
- Mike Pence
Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
- Barack Obama
It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.
- Barack Obama
Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Families cannot prosper and keep America strong if government becomes a Goliath that preys upon their wealth, usurps their rights, and crushes their spirit.
- Ronald Reagan
No business is above Government; and Government must be empowered to deal adequately with any business that tries to rise above Government.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
The moral law of God is the only law of individuals and of nations, and nothing can be rightful government but such as is established and administered with a view to its support.
- Charles Finney
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
- James Madison
Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.
- Ronald Reagan