--- title: "29 Know Government Quotes by 27 authors" description: "Browse 29 Know Government quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Know Government sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/ann-coulter-469_behinds_whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this_405230.png" --- > [Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this-big-you-know-the-government/) [Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/ann-coulter-469_behinds_whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this_405230.png) > [I know I'm not in government anymore. In fact I'm out of work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/i-know-i-m-not-in-government-anymore-in-fact-i-m-out-of-work/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d92/ronald-reagan-119_facts_i-know-i-m-not-in-government-anymore-in_2117090.jpg) > [“When you know the government is corrupt at the outset, the smart avoid interacting with them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/when-you-know-the-government-is-corrupt-at-the-outset-the-smart-avoid/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/steven-magee-129_astronomy_when-you-know-the-government-is-corrupt_284501.jpg) > [The only way we are held accountable is if people know what government is doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-wheeler/the-only-way-we-are-held-accountable-is-if-people-know-what/) [Ted Wheeler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-wheeler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/439/ted-wheeler-5816_accountable_the-only-way-we-are-held-accountable-is_528905.jpg) > [In a democracy, the public has a right to know not only what the government decides, but why and by what process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-r-ford/in-a-democracy-the-public-has-a-right-to-know-not-only-what-the/) [Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerald-r-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab0/gerald-r-ford-2628_democracy_in-a-democracy-the-public-has-a-right-to_193836.jpg) > [I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hague/i-m-not-nor-is-anybody-i-know-in-government-part-of-a-nasty-right/) [William Hague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hague/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/william-hague-6344_clique_i-m-not-nor-is-anybody-i-know-in-governm_2039863.jpg) > [I want to know why the government of this country can't take care of the people who are keeping us safe?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-lewis/i-want-to-know-why-the-government-of-this-country-can-t-take-care-of/) [Jerry Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-lewis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/jerry-lewis-3118_country_i-want-to-know-why-the-government-of-thi_1491302.jpg) > [I don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/i-don-t-know-what-our-government-does-except-put-us-into-debt-and/) [Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/madonna-ciccone-401_blow_i-don-t-know-what-our-government-does-ex_1679645.png) > [It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/it-is-one-of-the-great-tragedies-of-the-us-that-most-learn-most-of/) [James Bovard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bovard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/james-bovard-9090_government_it-is-one-of-the-great-tragedies-of-the_2639658.png) > [Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/not-only-do-we-have-a-right-to-know-we-have-a-duty-to-know-what-our/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/844/walter-cronkite-1759_criticism_not-only-do-we-have-a-right-to-know-we-h_1364226.png) > [“As politicians know all too well, even a Government that does not represent the wishes of a people can count on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-hoemberg/as-politicians-know-all-too-well-even-a-government-that-does-not/) [Elisabeth Hoemberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-hoemberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/elisabeth-hoemberg-235251_politics_as-politicians-know-all-too-well-even-a_882398.jpg) > [Every American from Orlando to Los Angeles should have an understanding of our country's history. We should know how our government works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-waltz/every-american-from-orlando-to-los-angeles-should-have-an/) [Michael Waltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-waltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/michael-waltz-5654_government_every-american-from-orlando-to-los-angel_545587.jpg) > [The one thing that I know government is good for is countervailing against monopoly. It's not great at that either, but it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-perry-barlow/the-one-thing-that-i-know-government-is-good-for-is-countervailing/) [John Perry Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-perry-barlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1b/john-perry-barlow-9208_force_the-one-thing-that-i-know-government-is_2798726.jpg) > [I know what it's like to start a business. I know how extra ordinarily difficult it is to build something from nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-know-what-it-s-like-to-start-a-business-i-know-how-extra-ordinarily/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/mitt-romney-268_business_i-know-what-it-s-like-to-start-a-busines_2588779.png) > [One thing we know about government after the New Deal is that checks and balances through whistle-blowing is terrible policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-katyal/one-thing-we-know-about-government-after-the-new-deal-is-that-checks/) [Neal Katyal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-katyal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f0/neal-katyal-8085_checks-and-balances_one-thing-we-know-about-government-after_2646344.jpg) > [I don't think anybody has ever been able to live up to what they promised. I don't know a government that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-masekela/i-don-t-think-anybody-has-ever-been-able-to-live-up-to-what-they/) [Hugh Masekela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-masekela/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hugh-masekela-13534_able_i-don-t-think-anybody-has-ever-been-able_2612962.png) > [I can concede that the government has no knowledge of the people, but I believe the people know less of the government.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-rizal/i-can-concede-that-the-government-has-no-knowledge-of-the-people-but/) [Jose Rizal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-rizal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/jos-rizal-2452_able_i-can-concede-that-the-government-has-no_216079.jpg) > [Government want to tell you things you can't say because they're against the law, or you can't say this because it's against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/government-want-to-tell-you-things-you-can-t-say-because-they-re/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/george-carlin-155_games_government-want-to-tell-you-things-you-c_2895120.jpg) > [They took care to represent government as a thing made up of mysteries, which only themselves understood, and they hid from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/they-took-care-to-represent-government-as-a-thing-made-up-of/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b6/thomas-paine-267_acting_they-took-care-to-represent-government-a_2994333.png) > [The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/the-government-does-not-need-to-know-more-about-what-we-are-doing-we/) [Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/274/ron-paul-686_american-people_the-government-does-not-need-to-know-mor_1243483.png) > [Government has laid its hand on health, housing, farming, industry, commerce, education, and to an ever-increasing degree interferes with the people's right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/government-has-laid-its-hand-on-health-housing-farming-industry/) [Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/ronald-reagan-119_business_government-has-laid-its-hand-on-health-h_1329120.jpg) > [Accountability is the essence of democracy. If people do not know what their government is doing, they cannot be truly self-governing. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-wills/accountability-is-the-essence-of-democracy-if-people-do-not-know-what/) [Garry Wills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-wills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e2/garry-wills-18365_accountability_accountability-is-the-essence-of-democra_803153.jpg) > [“I wonder of what you must daily endure in America, having no government to protect you, no one to tell you what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-johnson/i-wonder-of-what-you-must-daily-endure-in-america-having-no/) [Adam Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/adam-johnson-7721_capitalism_i-wonder-of-what-you-must-daily-endure-i_1391093.jpg) > [The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-green/the-public-needs-to-know-that-any-government-has-a-sense-of-purpose/) [Damian Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/damian-green-4883_government_the-public-needs-to-know-that-any-govern_665877.png) > [Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-cronkite/not-only-do-we-have-a-right-to-know-we-have-a-duty-to-know-what-our-2/) [Walter Cronkite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-cronkite/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/walter-cronkite-1759_duty_not-only-do-we-have-a-right-to-know-we-h_2047837.png) > [The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/the-american-people-ought-to-know-that-it-is-not-them-but-their/) [Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/arundhati-roy-346_american-people_the-american-people-ought-to-know-that-i_3131414.png) > [If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn-t-you-know-what-the/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/noam-chomsky-42_believe_if-you-believe-in-democracy-why-shouldn_2184.jpg) > [Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/voters-cannot-hold-officials-responsible-if-they-do-not-know-what/) [George Will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/george-will-1177_government_voters-cannot-hold-officials-responsible_456671.png) > [Mr. Trump doesn't radiate many of the qualities I respect. But what do I know? I've never met Trump. I know he's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pico-iyer/mr-trump-doesn-t-radiate-many-of-the-qualities-i-respect-but-what-do/) [Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pico-iyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/pico-iyer-1252_audience_mr-trump-doesn-t-radiate-many-of-the-qua_1238471.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-government/#itemlist", "name": "Know Government Quotes", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ann Coulter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this-big-you-know-the-government/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/ann-coulter-469_behinds_whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this_405230.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/ann-coulter-469_behinds_whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this_405230.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/ann-coulter-469_behinds_whenever-you-come-across-a-screw-up-this_405230.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Whenever you come across a screw-up this big, you know the government is behind it.” — Ann Coulter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know I'm not in government anymore. 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