Quotes about Government
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
The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
— Frederick Douglass
I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.
— George W. Bush
The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people.
— George W. Bush
The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'
— George Clooney
Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
— George Washington
It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is bigotry whether it's dressed up in the language of faith or not.
— Giles Fraser
Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.
— Aristotle
It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.
— George Washington