Governments Quotes

Business is doing better than governments.

— Pierre Nanterme

“The world's most elusive criminal is the government.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

I hope that we increasingly shift power to local governments.

— Zephyr Teachout

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

— John Adams

People do not make wars; governments do.

— Ronald Reagan

“governments don't produce economic growth people do.”

— Ronald Reagan

Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments.

— Mamata Banerjee

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

— Voltaire

“It's about time that governments feared the people instead of the other way around.”

— Henry Rollins

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

— P. Chidambaram

If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.

— I. F. Stone

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body.

— Grace Slick

How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.

— Adolf Hitler

I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions.

— Gerry Adams

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.

— Margaret Murray

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.

— Jay Weatherill

When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.

— Lawrence Lessig

When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond…

— Mark Walport

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the…

— Benjamin Tucker

The media understands the system only on the basis of ministers and governments. It seldom sympathises with the people who work within…

— Ravish Kumar

Has the center of gravity shifted such that all governments have greater powers and fewer restrictions than they ever had, and are…

— Edward Snowden

It costs governments money to keep fuel prices low. Oil-rich Yemen, for instance, devotes 9 percent of its GDP to making sure…

— Robert Kiyosaki

The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise…

— Anthony Albanese

Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That…

— Anonymous

Indeed, the keynote of government is injustice. With the arrogance and self-sufficiency of the King who could do no wrong, governments ordain,…

— Emma Goldman

Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“These governments know much more than they will ever tell or care to spend money locating, because they have most of it…

— David Leadbeater

We have stood up and said continuing growth in the Western world is unjust, inappropriate and potentially destabilising. Having said that, we…

— Tim Jackson

Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing,…

— Shane Claiborne

I think American interests are served when there are sections of the world that have representative governments, politically open economic systems, and…

— Dennis C. Blair

It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish…

— Lysander Spooner

There is no time and space limitation for public accountability on the Internet. Creative commonality is standard and does not resemble the…

— Eduardo Paes

Social media is important, but it does not bring down governments. Governments can shut down the Internet. Governments can control media access.…

— Ilan Berman

“What hand is holding the voting "trump card" that sold the peoples' souls? It starts with a knowledge of truth and the…

— Tracey Bond

Governments are deemed to succeed or fail by how well they make money go round, regardless of whether it serves any useful…

— George Monbiot

“Nothing can appear more contradictory than the principles on which the old governments began, and the condition to which society, civilisation and…

— Thomas Paine

“there is some evidence that governments are getting even more sluggish. It took America four years to build the Golden Gate Bridge,…

— John Micklethwait

“In this century, the human race faces, once again, the virulent reign of the State—of the State now armed with the fruits…

— Murray N. Rothbard

I often use the iPhone as an example of how governments shape markets, because what makes the iPhone ‘smart’ and not stupid…

— Mariana Mazzucato

It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds…

— Frank Zappa