The relationship between citizens and government is…

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

— William Scranton

The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

— Vince Cable

We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed,…

— Stephen Harper

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

— Timothy McVeigh

“The vitriol and viciousness is the inevitable result of a government increasingly deciding the vital aspects of people's lives.”

— A.E. Samaan

“Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons…

— William O. Douglas

“Unfortunately, the executive, judicial, and legislative branches of government have become increasingly concerned with their image and their political parties, have drifted away from…

— Ben Carson

“Those who deny the existence of a supreme being have been turned into second-class citizens by a government that continuously sends a message that…

— Michael Newdow

The army of relief and other subsidy recipients will continue to grow, and the solvency of the government will become increasingly un tenable, as…

— Henry Hazlitt

Ensuring the access of all citizens to government information and to essential information for human development is a must for every democratic society.

— Koichiro Matsuura

Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons…

— William O. Douglas

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than…

— Colin Powell

We have no idea how much the government knows and how much the CIA even knows about average citizens. The government is not supposed…

— Nat Hentoff

When any nation mistrusts it's citizens with guns, it's sending a clear message. It no longer trusts it's citizens because such a government has…

— George Washington

As civilization has become more complex, and as the need for invisible government has been increasingly demonstrated, the technical means have been invented and…

— Edward Bernays