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title: "7 Weak government Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Weak government quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Weak government sayings and thoughts."
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> [In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-reed/in-the-relations-of-a-weak-government-and-a-rebellious-people-there/)

[John Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-reed/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/john-reed-56841_contempt_in-the-relations-of-a-weak-government-an_88903.jpg)

> [You can have a strong government and a weak people, or strong people and weak government, but you cannot have both.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-ringer/you-can-have-a-strong-government-and-a-weak-people-or-strong-people/)

[Robert Ringer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-ringer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/robert-ringer-15596_government_you-can-have-a-strong-government-and-a-w_828797.png)

> [There is no example on the planet of a successful economy with broadly shared prosperity and a shrinking, weak government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/there-is-no-example-on-the-planet-of-a-successful-economy-with/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/william-j-clinton-302_economics_there-is-no-example-on-the-planet-of-a-s_952742.jpg)

> [If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shang-yang/if-the-people-are-victorious-against-the-government-the-nation-will/)

[Shang Yang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shang-yang/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/289/shang-yang-71505_fighting_if-the-people-are-victorious-against-the_1236965.jpg)

> [Under weak government, in a wide, thinly populated country, in the struggle against the raw natural environment and with the freeplay of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-huizinga/under-weak-government-in-a-wide-thinly-populated-country-in-the/)

[Johan Huizinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-huizinga/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/johan-huizinga-5595_america_under-weak-government-in-a-wide-thinly-p_2334945.jpg)

> [The greatest of all evils is a weak government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/the-greatest-of-all-evils-is-a-weak-government/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/benjamin-disraeli-390_evil_the-greatest-of-all-evils-is-a-weak-gove_2426619.png)

> [Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irving-kristol/neocons-do-not-feel-that-kind-of-alarm-or-anxiety-about-the-growth-of/)

[Irving Kristol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irving-kristol/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/irving-kristol-14064_alarms_neocons-do-not-feel-that-kind-of-alarm-o_2960634.jpg)

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