All forms of government are pernicious, including good…

There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government,…

— Aristotle

So what's the difference between republican and democratic forms of government? John Adams captured the essence of the difference when he said, 'You have…

— Walter E. Williams

The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than…

— John Adams

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various…

— George Mason

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

— George C. Marshall

Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot…

— Joseph Joubert

Forms of government matter, in my opinion. It matters how -- the nature of the government in which people live.

— George W. Bush

Forms of government are forged mainly in the fire of practice, not in the vacuum of theory. They respond to national character and to…

— George F. Kennan

There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the true idea…

— John Adams

The government, which is the supreme authority in states, must be in the hands of one, or of a few, or of the many.…

— Aristotle (384â323 BC

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

— Algernon Sidney

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently…

— Henry Louis Mencken

One's ability to enter into thousands of lawsuits as a tool for success, or to use bankruptcy to avoid paying your former employees and…

— John Hickenlooper

“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever even took…

— Jeff Sharlet

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose…

— Stephen Breyer