Bad government Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville Download Open image “The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.” — Alexis de Tocqueville ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad government Dangerous Government Moments Politics Reform Time
The most perilous moment for a bad government is when it seeks to mend its ways. Only consummate statecraft can enable a king to… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.” — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if most people… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse. — Henry Morgenthau, Jr Copy Share Image
Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . .… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control. — Jose Manuel Barroso Copy Share Image
A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I have no hesitation in saying that although the American woman never leaves her domestic sphere and is in some respects very dependent within… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
What good does it do me, after all, if an ever-watchful authority keeps an eye out to ensure that my pleasures will be tranquil… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“I am unacquainted with His designs, but I shall not cease to believe in them because I cannot fathom them, and I had rather… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Christianity is the companion of liberty in all its conflicts, the cradle of its infancy, and the divine source of its claims. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The more alike men are, the weaker each feels in the face of all. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“There is a twofold liberty, natural (I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal. The first is common to man… — Alexis De Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Upon my arrival in the United States the religious aspect of the country was the first thing that struck my attention; and the longer… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good,… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Only bad religions depend on mysteries, just as bad governments depend on secret police." A character's response to a discussion about eating from the… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
“Bad governments always lie because telling the truth requires honour and courage!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“The Complexities Of Life Caused By Bad Government Leaderships And Parental Mistakes Can Make A Child More Matured Than Their Age. It Happened To… — Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo Copy Share Image
The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. — William Lyon Mackenzie King Copy Share Image
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
“If a government has the weak eyesight of a mole, that government only brings disaster to that country! The ability to see far is… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
