--- title: "10 Government Saying Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Government Saying quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Government Saying sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michel-templet-11969_government_general-assumptions-often-lead-to-errone_1108676.jpg" --- > [“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-templet/general-assumptions-often-lead-to-erroneous-conclusions-but-one/) [Michel Templet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-templet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michel-templet-11969_government_general-assumptions-often-lead-to-errone_1108676.jpg) > [What I have said is, when the American people elect divided government, what are they saying? I think they're saying we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/what-i-have-said-is-when-the-american-people-elect-divided-government/) [Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/mitch-mcconnell-2153_american_what-i-have-said-is-when-the-american-pe_2153700.jpg) > [You can't build the hyperloop without the government saying, 'We want this in our country.' We want to build it the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shervin-pishevar/you-can-t-build-the-hyperloop-without-the-government-saying-we-want/) [Shervin Pishevar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shervin-pishevar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcb/shervin-pishevar-7191_build_you-can-t-build-the-hyperloop-without-th_2941176.jpg) > [It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/it-s-very-hard-to-stand-up-to-the-government-which-is-saying-that/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e44/ben-bradlee-15971_care_it-s-very-hard-to-stand-up-to-the-govern_1932157.jpg) > [“During the first day of the loss of Lahaina town, the government was saying only six people had died. As the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/during-the-first-day-of-the-loss-of-lahaina-town-the-government-was/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/steven-magee-129_death_during-the-first-day-of-the-loss-of-laha_3214506.jpg) > [The Government in their own terms, for example, they banked the income for the backpackers' tax. But they had a process attached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-burke/the-government-in-their-own-terms-for-example-they-banked-the-income/) [Tony Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-burke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/tony-burke-39455_bills_the-government-in-their-own-terms-for-ex_2382420.jpg) > [So you know, formally, what the government here is saying is that Israel's prime minister announced the appointment on Twitter. He didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lourdes-garcia-navarro/so-you-know-formally-what-the-government-here-is-saying-is-that/) [Lourdes Garcia-Navarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lourdes-garcia-navarro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/lourdes-garcia-navarro-38437_appointments_so-you-know-formally-what-the-government_2407442.jpg) > [After the war people said, 'If you can plan for war, why can't you plan for peace?' When I was 17, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-benn/after-the-war-people-said-if-you-can-plan-for-war-why-can-t-you-plan/) [Tony Benn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-benn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/tony-benn-2543_accommodations_after-the-war-people-said-if-you-can-pla_1434573.jpg) > [Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-armey/government-is-saying-to-the-average-citizen-every-january-1-for-the/) [Dick Armey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-armey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/dick-armey-16265_ambition_government-is-saying-to-the-average-citi_2504281.jpg) > [“The country isn’t half worked out because they that governs it won’t let you touch it. They spend all their blessed time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/the-country-isn-t-half-worked-out-because-they-that-governs-it-won-t/) [Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/rudyard-kipling-527_govern_the-country-isn-t-half-worked-out-becaus_928930.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-saying/#itemlist", "name": "Government Saying Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying is a lie.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michel Templet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-templet/general-assumptions-often-lead-to-erroneous-conclusions-but-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michel-templet-11969_government_general-assumptions-often-lead-to-errone_1108676.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michel-templet-11969_government_general-assumptions-often-lead-to-errone_1108676.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/michel-templet-11969_government_general-assumptions-often-lead-to-errone_1108676.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that…” — Michel Templet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What I have said is, when the American people elect divided government, what are they saying? 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