Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
King Abdullah gives a level of insight that we don't get from our own governments. — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus. — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
People who looked like me were not in positions of political influence, let alone leading governments when I was younger. — Humza Yousaf Copy Share Image
It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. — Lester B. Pearson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either. — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their… — Bill Schuette Copy Share Image
The Bible says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has not put the… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Every country in history that has gone down dark paths, where governments take on too much control and really intervene and take… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without… — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
The best type of government comes from a government that is scrutinized by the people when they have true information about our… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments - including… — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is… — Noreena Hertz Copy Share Image
The United Nations emerged as a temple of official good intentions, a place where governments might - without abating their transgressions -… — Shirley Hazzard Copy Share Image
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Who can dispute that the governments of the United States constitute the most voracious tax system in the history of mankind? In… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
Governments don't get elected saying, 'We're going to lower GDP next year,' governments get elected on saying, 'We're going to increase prosperity… — James Righton Copy Share Image
It's increasingly clear that governments, major corporations, banks, universities and other such bodies view the defense of their secrets as a desperate… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The Kashmir problem is a very old one and has been a major challenge for all governments. — Rajnath Singh Copy Share Image
Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If governments would only understand that if people are left alone they'll work out their own salvation. — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body. — Grace Slick Copy Share Image
I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions. — Gerry Adams Copy Share Image
Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while. — Margaret Murray Copy Share Image
I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions. — Jay Weatherill Copy Share Image
“It's about time that governments feared the people instead of the other way around.” — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively. — P. Chidambaram Copy Share Image
“Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented. — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. — James Madison Copy Share Image
