Good government Quotes · Page 2

Good government has to mean less government.

— Anonymous

Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.

— William Penn

Ordinary people want good government.

— Subramanian Swamy

Money will not purchase character or good government.

— Calvin Coolidge

The only good government... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright.

— Joyce Cary

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.

— Jay Weatherill

Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Every good government's duty is to do more for the regions that are underdeveloped.

— Amit Shah

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

— Ana Navarro

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

— Lincoln Steffens

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption.

— Jean-Baptiste Say

There's huge amounts of good that can be done by a government that works constructively... versus a zero-sum vision of government.

— Sam Bankman-Fried

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

— Huey Long

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

— John Hickenlooper

Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary for good government... Therefore schools and the means of educating the people should always be encouraged.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Henry Louis Mencken

Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not…

— Lord Acton

The people want government that works for them at every level. They want good government that begins at their doorstep in the…

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words,…

— George Washington

I think New Jersey's process is actually a very good one - the good government. The governor presents the budget, you've got…

— Phil Murphy

“A good government had to guide its people, sometimes gently, sometimes strictly, just as parents did. It could allow certain freedoms, but…

— Amy Tan

Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

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

— H. L. Mencken

“Russell observes that "the merits of democracy are negative: it does not ensure good government, but it prevents certain evils," such as…

— Bertrand Russell

And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— John Adams

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.…

— Anonymous

In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture,…

— Alexander Hamilton

The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular…

— Alexander Hamilton

'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it.

— Pete Laney

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.

— Aristotle

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

— Joe Lonsdale

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

— Oscar Wilde

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great…

— Thomas Francis Meagher

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

— Tony Abbott

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.

— Benjamin Disraeli

That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need…

— Robin Hobb

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

— Walter Lippmann

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

— Matthew Lesko

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

— Anonymous