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title: "23 Wrong Government Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 23 Wrong Government quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Wrong Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Drugs have destroyed many people. But wrong government policies have destroyed many more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-k-abdelnour/drugs-have-destroyed-many-people-but-wrong-government-policies-have/)

[Ziad K. Abdelnour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-k-abdelnour/)

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> [Everything goes wrong for a government which is going wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-crossman/everything-goes-wrong-for-a-government-which-is-going-wrong/)

[Richard Crossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-crossman/)

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> [“They might pay you to vote for them, but having a wrong government in place. You pay it with your life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/they-might-pay-you-to-vote-for-them-but-having-a-wrong-government-in/)

[De philosopher DJ Kyos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/de-philosopher-dj-kyos/)

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> [Something is wrong with our government when I see people using food stamps and an iPhone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/something-is-wrong-with-our-government-when-i-see-people-using-food/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Some may say that it's wrong for the government to meddle in what private companies are doing, but phone radio waves belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshihide-suga/some-may-say-that-it-s-wrong-for-the-government-to-meddle-in-what/)

[Yoshihide Suga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshihide-suga/)

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> [I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-kandel/i-was-reluctant-to-be-critical-of-the-united-states-because-i-thought/)

[Eric Kandel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-kandel/)

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> [There is something wrong with a government that makes women the legal property of their husbands. The whole system needs changing, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-woodhull/there-is-something-wrong-with-a-government-that-makes-women-the-legal/)

[Victoria Woodhull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-woodhull/)

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> [People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-palin/people-know-something-has-gone-terribly-wrong-with-our-government-and/)

[Sarah Palin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-palin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c46/sarah-palin-1441_america_people-know-something-has-gone-terribly_971345.png)

> [ Of course, there \[in China\] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/of-course-there-in-china-has-to-be-chaos-it-has-to-be-crazy-and-i-don/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/ai-weiwei-824_being-crazy_of-course-there-in-china-has-to-be-chaos_1826242.png)

> [You know something is wrong when the government declares opening someone else's mail is a felony but your internet activity is fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-know-something-is-wrong-when-the-government-declares-opening/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-weld/in-the-nineteenth-century-slavery-was-the-greatest-wrong-and/)

[William Weld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-weld/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/william-weld-10180_century_in-the-nineteenth-century-slavery-was-th_2333199.jpg)

> [“Here's the bottom line: The secret world of intelligence--at least in the United States of America--represents everything wrong with the government, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-david-steele/here-s-the-bottom-line-the-secret-world-of-intelligence-at-least-in/)

[Robert David Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-david-steele/)

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> [The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bloomberg/the-public-is-upset-if-they-haven-t-lost-their-job-they-know-somebody/)

[Michael Bloomberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bloomberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/michael-bloomberg-1293_government_the-public-is-upset-if-they-haven-t-lost_2505552.png)

> [Even if torture works, it cannot be tolerated -- not in one case or a thousand or a million. If their efficacy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kiriakou/even-if-torture-works-it-cannot-be-tolerated-not-in-one-case-or-a/)

[John Kiriakou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-kiriakou/)

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> [In North America, people get a sense that something is really wrong in government and in our culture. There is a corruption,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-beals/in-north-america-people-get-a-sense-that-something-is-really-wrong-in/)

[Jennifer Beals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-beals/)

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> [“We would all like to see a perfect moral state with no government being necessary at all. That is not reality. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-peate/we-would-all-like-to-see-a-perfect-moral-state-with-no-government/)

[Robert Peate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-peate/)

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> [I could not move them. They would not even agree to a modification, of the ruling (banning the Rand vaccine), which would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-young/i-could-not-move-them-they-would-not-even-agree-to-a-modification-of/)

[Stephen Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-young/)

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> [There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-is-something-wrong-in-a-government-where-they-who-do-the-most/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [There's a million things wrong with government that need to get fixed, but none of its ever going to get fixed unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-harrison/there-s-a-million-things-wrong-with-government-that-need-to-get-fixed/)

[Rick Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-harrison/)

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> [Even for natives, French satire is rarely laugh-out-loud funny. Its unspoken punch line is typically that things have gone irrevocably wrong, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-druckerman/even-for-natives-french-satire-is-rarely-laugh-out-loud-funny-its/)

[Pamela Druckerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-druckerman/)

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> [If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-higgs/if-i-had-to-use-a-single-word-to-describe-what-is-fundamentally-wrong/)

[Robert Higgs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-higgs/)

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> [There's nothing wrong with talking out loud in public, but there is something wrong with the government sucking up all those utter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-thompson/there-s-nothing-wrong-with-talking-out-loud-in-public-but-there-is/)

[Clive Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-thompson/)

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> [Human beings have a right to change their consciousness, and it is unconscionable and absolutely wrong for any government or any person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-leary/human-beings-have-a-right-to-change-their-consciousness-and-it-is/)

[Timothy Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-leary/)

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