After all, if you can't trust governments, whom can you…

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

— Andrei Sakharov

We have gold because we cannot trust governments

— Herbert Hoover

The U.K. and Ireland are like-minded on E.U. matters, and the process of working together in Brussels has built an immense store of knowledge,…

— Enda Kenny

One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been…

— Terry Pratchett

For political and bureaucratic reasons, governments at all levels are telling far less to the public than to insiders about how to prepare for…

— Barton Gellman

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and…

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

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

— Benjamin Tucker

I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin…

— David Cameron

The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.

— Lysander Spooner

The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the…

— Aristotle

The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much more efficient,…

— Mary Robinson

If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.

— Suharto

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.…

— Noam Chomsky

Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2 reductions by…

— Al Gore

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they…

— Salman Khurshid