I've always believed, since my first time running for office, that good government is good politics. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that… — George Will Copy Share Image
To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out. — Kin Hubbard Copy Share Image
The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government.” — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government. — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Good government has essentially broken down in the face of Brexit. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Those of you who come in with me now will receive a big piece of the pie. Those of you who delay,… — Huey Long Copy Share Image
History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians. Now, to go and stick one at… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and… — Linda Lingle 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
Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest… — Andrew Young Copy Share Image
We haven't usually had to face the extreme questions about liberty and order because we're not a nation of extremists. We love… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
As good government is an empire of laws, how shall your laws be made? In a large society, inhabiting an extensive country,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“He thought human life a poor thing at best, after the freshness of youth and of unsatisfied curiosity had gone by. This… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently… — James Mill Copy Share Image
“Virtue is the product of good government. ‘Vices belong less to man, than to man badly governed.’ The political process, and the… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image