Governments Quotes · Page 5

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Governments never react well, but they always over-react very well.”

— Marc Rainer

“Corporate controlled governments protect the interests of the corporations and not the common people.”

— Steven Magee

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.

— Tim Roth

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

— Abba Eban

“All governments lie; those that lie the best are those we trust the most”

— Michael Patrick Clark

By its nature, governments and taxes are not voluntary. Government actions are violent and coercive, and theft as well.

— Jeff Berwick

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.

— James Dean

I don't think I'm against all wars, but you'd have to have a damn good reason to send your son or daughter…

— Paul Haggis

Ordinary people need to lead and not sit there and think that governments are going to spoon-feed them and look after them…

— Ian Kiernan

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to…

— Noreena Hertz

It is a very bad idea for governments to create arbitrary and unfair outcomes, or outcomes resulting from the passions and whims…

— Paul Singer

The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed…

— William Kamkwamba

We should all be able to have faith that our governments are working in our best interests - and if they aren't,…

— Lauren Mayberry

I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud,…

— Leonard Read

I guess for every government - for many governments, they only have short vision, they only have three-year term or a four-year…

— Shi Zhengrong

I have my own experience in Indonesia, of course. Sometimes in these transition situations, the new governments are still clumsy and awkward…

— Sri Mulyani Indrawati

“If the government in a country treats 60 percent of the population well and 40 percent badly, that means there is a…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible…

— David Hume

I think if you look down the road for Twitter, we would like to be a company - a service - that…

— Dick Costolo

It could fairly be said that the U.S. is increasingly out of step with the rest of the world. As our neighbors…

— Graydon Carter

There is that potential of the expats coming back to the Philippines. But sadly they are no opportunities, no incentive for them…

— Miguel Syjuco

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction.

— Henry W. Kendall

Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.

— George Orwell

Governments cannot do innovation. There are too many audits, and no one stays in a role for long enough.

— Ajay Piramal

We cannot have foreign governments interceding in our elections.

— Robby Mook

What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.

— Andrew Forrest

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

— George Osborne

Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States

— Dennis Prager

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

— Mary Robinson

The ONLY thing that seems to band all nations together, is that their governments are universally bad.

— Frank Zappa

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

— I. F. Stone

I will not give way because too many previous governments have backed down.

— Francois Hollande

“As I have often said, governments don’t produce economic growth, people do.”

— Ronald Reagan

Governments change but the system doesn't. One needs to believe in the system.

— Uddhav Thackeray

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

— P. J. O'Rourke