Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us. — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
All men would be masters of others, and no man is lord of himself. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
We spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity for self-government, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny, is rampant. — Julius Nyerere Copy Share Image
The executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them, to the end that it may be a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
My guide is the Modi government at the Centre. It's my inspiration. I will follow that. — Yogi Adityanath Copy Share Image
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Most Americans aren't the sort of citizens the Founding Fathers expected; they are contented serfs. Far from being active critics of government,… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
If parliament and government work together in their respective constitutional roles, and respect due processes, we will maximise our chances of making… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment… — Christine Gregoire Copy Share Image
There is simply no other choice than this: either to abstain from interference in the free play of the market, or to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be… — Polly Toynbee Copy Share Image
The income tax is the biggest single intrusion suffered by the American people. It forces every worker to be a bookkeeper, to… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“Ferbin's father had had the same robustly pragmatic view of religion as he’d had of everything else. In his opinion, only the… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The implications of the transfer of full sovereignty from separate nations to a World Organization. . .Political unification in some sort of… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
My view is that the cyber threat is bigger than any one government agency - or even the government itself. But the… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
Based on my experience as a prosecutor in Miami, illegal immigration is one of the most critical issues facing this country. As… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials and… — Bertie Ahern Copy Share Image
The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm. — Henry Louis Mencken Copy Share Image
Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more. — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
