--- title: "9 Single Government Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 9 Single Government quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Single Government sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/c-n-annadurai-71613_continents_india-is-a-continent-and-should-be-divid_1455452.jpg" --- > [India is a continent and should be divided into separate nations. There is no need for a single government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-n-annadurai/india-is-a-continent-and-should-be-divided-into-separate-nations/) [C. N. Annadurai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-n-annadurai/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/c-n-annadurai-71613_continents_india-is-a-continent-and-should-be-divid_1455452.jpg) > [I've been working with every single government since June 1992 to try to get climate action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-may/i-ve-been-working-with-every-single-government-since-june-1992-to-try/) [Elizabeth May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-may/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/elizabeth-may-2556_action_i-ve-been-working-with-every-single-gove_313961.png) > [A single currency means a single government, and that single government would be the government whose policies determined every aspect of economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/enoch-powell/a-single-currency-means-a-single-government-and-that-single/) [Enoch Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/enoch-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/enoch-powell-13156_aspect_a-single-currency-means-a-single-governm_218957.jpg) > [If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-ever-this-vast-country-is-brought-under-a-single-government-it-2/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/thomas-jefferson-43_corruption_if-ever-this-vast-country-is-brought-und_2967767.jpg) > [I don't recall that I have said and I don't think that I really feel that we need a world government. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rockefeller/i-don-t-recall-that-i-have-said-and-i-don-t-think-that-i-really-feel/) [David Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rockefeller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be0/david-rockefeller-8932_desirable_i-don-t-recall-that-i-have-said-and-i-do_659465.jpg) > [Well, no one knows for sure. There are now two competing governments and various armed militias, tribes and clans. Secretary John Kerry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-bowman/well-no-one-knows-for-sure-there-are-now-two-competing-governments/) [Tom Bowman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-bowman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/tom-bowman-40881_clans_well-no-one-knows-for-sure-there-are-now_1852462.jpg) > [If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption, indifferent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/if-ever-this-vast-country-is-brought-under-a-single-government-it/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/thomas-jefferson-43_care_if-ever-this-vast-country-is-brought-und_918866.jpg) > [The real issue is control. The Internet is too widespread to be easily dominated by any single government. By creating a seamless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-perry-barlow/the-real-issue-is-control-the-internet-is-too-widespread-to-be-easily/) [John Perry Barlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-perry-barlow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/john-perry-barlow-9208_creating_the-real-issue-is-control-the-internet-i_212464.jpg) > [Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-country-is-too-large-to-have-all-its-affairs-directed-by-a-single/) [Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/085/thomas-jefferson-43_affair_our-country-is-too-large-to-have-all-its_2858529.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/single-government/#itemlist", "name": "Single Government Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "India is a continent and should be divided into separate nations. There is no need for a single government.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. N. 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