Governments Quotes · Page 6

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.

— Anonymous

I've seen at first-hand what Labour Governments can achieve in power.

— Angela Rayner

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age.

— Thomas Paine

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

— Maggie Gallagher

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

— Will Rogers

“Hookers and governments they are both whores. Hookers sell their own body and governments, the poor people’s.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Bad governments always lie because telling the truth requires honour and courage!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

— Yasheng Huang

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

— Anthony Gregory

Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinking, they want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and…

— George Carlin

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest.

— Kofi Annan

The worst criminals of our time are the US and UK governments. Both are devoid of all integrity, all honor, all mercy,…

— Paul Craig Roberts

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or…

— Donald Rumsfeld

“Governments, whether they are monarchical, constitutional, democratic or communist, depend upon acquiescent public opinion for the success of their efforts and, in…

— Anonymous

Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens, too willing…

— Mario Monti

There are exceptions of course, like for instance the Baltic States, which are members of the European Union, together with Ukraine and…

— Garry Kasparov

People are used to getting a lot of information quickly, and they're used to being quite empowered as consumers, and they go…

— Heather Brooke

There is no need for an end to fish, or to fishing for that matter. But there is an urgent need for…

— Daniel Pauly

Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled…

— Natalia Ginzburg

The federal government's role is to establish a process whereby industry can pitch a project, and Canadians can be reassured that this…

— Justin Trudeau

Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and…

— Rudolph Rummel

By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

Saying that government is not the way to solve problems is not saying that humanity cannot solve its problems. What I've finally…

— John Stossel

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.

— Bruce Rauner

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

— Jonathan Sacks

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.

— Peter Senge

“If you want to be lied to, all you have to do is believe everything that the government tells you.”

— Steven Magee

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.

— Paul Martin

The Governments of all countries price rise cry, but are not come to an end on, want to

— Mak_786

Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

— Mark Twain

Governments have a favorite phrase: “lean and mean.” But they’ve been made very, very fat for corporate interests.

— Vandana Shiva

All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil.

— Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi

Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.

— Marianne Williamson

“After all, if you can't trust governments, whom can you trust?”

— Terry Pratchett

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.

— Emile Capouya