For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government. — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a good government. There never was. There can't be. — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
You don't have good government unless you have good people working in government. — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Good government has essentially broken down in the face of Brexit. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government. — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“We all know that we have to put up with a bad government when it is bad; the problem is to find… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“If a government has the weak eyesight of a mole, that government only brings disaster to that country! The ability to see… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department… — George Washington Copy Share Image
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man,… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
The truth is that the general genius of a government is all that can be substantially relied upon for permanent effects. Particular… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No good government can ever want more than two things for its support: 1st, Its own excellence; and, 2dly, a people sufficiently… — James Mill Copy Share Image
“Virtue is the product of good government. ‘Vices belong less to man, than to man badly governed.’ The political process, and the… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
In so strong a light, nevertheless, do they appear to the Secretary, that, on their due observance, at the present critical juncture,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“He thought human life a poor thing at best, after the freshness of youth and of unsatisfied curiosity had gone by. This… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
A famous, very often quoted phrase says: "That government is best, which governs least." I do not believe this to be a… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever… — Jeff Sharlet Copy Share Image
