Quotes about Government
The highest honor in the church is not government but service.
- John Calvin
Wouldn't you want to be indicted by the govenment for a high crime? It's a great thrill. It's an honor. It's a compliment. It's fun. I'm enjoying every minute of it!
- Abbie Hoffman
I hope to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we don't have public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them.
- Jerry Falwell
When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate.
- James A. Garfield
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.
- Mother Teresa
Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.
- Thomas Paine
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
- Aesop
Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.
- George W. Bush
There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels.
- WA Criswell
A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at least in a republican government.
- Thomas Jefferson
On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.
- James Madison
The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.
- Edmund Burke