No matter what age people are, I hope the lesson is to be…

We have more families at risk with the death penalty. It targets the voiceless, the poor, people of color. And so it's important just…

— Susan Sarandon

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

— Howard Zinn

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

You have to understand government and you have to understand how hard it is.

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government…

— Elaine Stritch

Unlike the Tea Party, who see themselves as the customers of government, people in the Occupy Wall Street movement understand that we are the…

— Douglas Rushkoff

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings…

— George F Will

Government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. What part of that do politicians and government bureaucrats not understand? Government…

— Wayne Allyn Root

If children do not understand the Constitution, they cannot understand how our government functions, or what their rights and responsibilities are as citizens of…

— John Roberts

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above…

— Tony Abbott

If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead,…

— George Will

It actually turns out to be much harder to really understand government across state local and federal.

— Steve Ballmer

You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible…

— Colin Powell

What government has been doing, we've got major programmes now, of billions of pounds, which are directed by central government into these areas of…

— John Prescott

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

— Noam Chomsky