Quotes about Government
Government holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force.
- Ayn Rand
The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.
- Bill Gates
I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today — my own government.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The greatest of all evils is a weak government
- Benjamin Disraeli
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
The parties are the gamesters; but government keeps the table, and is sure to be the winner in the end.
- Edmund Burke
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals.
- Margaret Mead
It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for.
- Will Rogers
I think it's important to remember that the court itself, the federal government itself belongs to the American people.
- Mike Pence
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.
- Ronald Reagan
Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.
- Mahatma Gandhi