“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government. — Harold Washington Copy Share Image
We have had 10 years of bad governance, and we may not recover if another bad government is elected. — Amarinder Singh Copy Share Image
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Sincerity with innocence, though cute, though it makes good movies, makes for very bad government. — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police." A character's response to a discussion about eating… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
“We all know that we have to put up with a bad government when it is bad; the problem is to find… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
“You find your government stupid and primitive, ugly and clumsy but on the other hand you love your country very much and… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The regime which is destroyed by a revolution is almost always an improvement on its immediate predecessor, and experience teaches that the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The arts and humanities are not mere entertainment, to be turned to for relaxation after a busy day spent solving differential equations;… — John Derbyshire Copy Share Image
Freedoms and apprenticeships are likewise expedients of police,not of that wholesome branch of police, whose object is the maintenance of the public… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
“The Complexities Of Life Caused By Bad Government Leaderships And Parental Mistakes Can Make A Child More Matured Than Their Age. It… — Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo Copy Share Image
'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about… — Pete Buttigieg Copy Share Image
It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
What connects me so strongly to Israel is the fact that I'm second generation. My parents said, "We have a place where… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
Once Confucius was walking on the mountains and he came across a woman weeping by a grave. He asked the woman what… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
“Helmuth said that Mann felt it would be even more difficult to bring about a revolution in Germany because the German people… — Rudi Wobbe Copy Share Image
“Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police. Truth, beauty and goodness are not mysterious, they… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“A democratic state begins from the assumption that most of those who gravitate toward power are mediocre and probably immoral. It assumes… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Revolutions are not always brought about by a gradual decline from bad to worse. Nations that have endured patiently and almost unconsciously… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“...and I sometimes think that the fading out of the individual personality is what one should desire, not the status of a… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Yes, but bad language is bound to make in addition bad government, whereas good language is not bound to make bad government.… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“Since the earliest days the church as an organization has thrown itself violently against every effort to liberate the body and mind… — S.T. Joshi Copy Share Image
“Bad governments always lie because telling the truth requires honour and courage!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government. — John Sharp Williams Copy Share Image
“To sin by silnce when they should protest makes cowards of men (and women)...” — Abe Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption. — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
