It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The U.S. government should not spend a single taxpayer dollar to teach children to dislike their country. — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous -… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
There are but two sorts of government: one where men show their teeth at each other, and one where men show their… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Whenever there has been a debate on the national stage, nobody has had to go looking to find me. I've been there.… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
That's the part where the governments have a unique role, and then when it progresses well enough, then existing companies or new… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Any attempts by any government to change Community legislation to its own wishes are doomed to failure following the extension of policy… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Liberals don't love big government because they think it's efficient, compassionate, fair or even remotely useful. They support big government because they… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Let me get a sip of water here...you figure this stuff is safe to drink? Actually, I don't care, I drink it… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather… — John M Swomley Copy Share Image
I do not believe Federal Government fear me at all, they know the truth. They know I am not a dangerous person,… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was an anti-government, union-busting, race baiting, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-intellectual, who cut rich people's taxes in half, had a incurable case… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The FDA protects the big drug companies, and is subsequently rewarded, and using the government's police powers, they attack those who threaten… — Herbert L. Ley, Jr Copy Share Image
The tumults in America I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not.… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
If you behave like a good citizen, and you upgrade and improve your property, your reward will be the government will take… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
“That effort to undermine competitive markets is no better in the market for labor than it is for goods and services.” — Richard Epstein Copy Share Image
I do not want our society to be one where the government feels free to check your private phone records anytime it… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
In Iran's future Islamic system everyone can express their opinion, and the Islamic government will respond to logic with logic. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
You don't have good government unless you have good people working in government. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services. — Imran Khan Copy Share Image
“It's a good thing the American people aren't getting all the government they're paying for.” — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent. — James Warburg Copy Share Image
The Republican and Democratic Parties are only factions of the Government Party. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government. — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
Big money causes me too much trouble with my ex-wives and the government. All I want is to keep busy and to… — Jake LaMotta Copy Share Image
We must not tolerate oppressive government or industrial oligarchy in the form of monopolies and cartels. — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
“I believe Government should encourage competition, NOT prop up the weak when the going gets tough.” — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image