The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
European democracy, for me, is the best form of government invented by mankind. — Petro Poroshenko Copy Share Image
So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more. — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored. — Major Owens Copy Share Image
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
I'm an American. I'm for prosperity. I've discovered, from 40 years of reporting, that what creates prosperity is limited government. — John Stossel Copy Share Image
For my part I think it is a less evil that some criminals should escape, than that the government should play an… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves. — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
You're asking the government to control individual morality. This is a government that can't buy a toilet seat for under $600. — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
I've been written off more times than some of the government's tax returns but I just keep plodding along. — James Haskell Copy Share Image
“Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!” — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
It is not a sign of communal well-being when men turn to their government to execute all their business for them, but… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
The national government...will maintain and defend the foundations on which the power of our nation rests. It will offer strong protection to… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The federal government should encourage rather than micromanage market reform in all 50 states. Since health care is local, private-sector innovation in… — Ron Williams Copy Share Image
Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential politicians or… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
There is no virtue in denying the law of gravity, and there should be no virtue in denying the limitations of government.… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for… — Shirin Neshat Copy Share Image
We have gotten to the point where everything the government does is counterproductive; the conclusion, of course, is that the government should… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
Moyo, a Zambia-born economist, asserts that aid is not only ineffective-it's harmful. Her argument packs a strong punch because she was born… — Amy Lockwood Copy Share Image
The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete… — James Madison Copy Share Image
All "public interest' legislation (and any distribution of money taken by force from some men for the unearned benefit of others) comes… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I call government that works the best for people open society, which is basically just another more general term for a democracy… — George Soros Copy Share Image
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
In the urban community, the church doesn't just take people to Heaven; it feeds, clothes, and houses them. It teaches them how… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil. — Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi Copy Share Image
