Bad government Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville

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

“Government at its best is a necessary evil; at its worst, an intolerable one.”

— Joseph Befumo

“We all know that we have to put up with a bad government when it is bad; the problem is to find a good…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“..And yet wrong steps have to be taken sometimes lest some worse peril befall us; that is the great paradox of politics, and no…

— Jawaharlal Nehru

'Most bad Government has grown, out of TOO much GOVERNMENT!'

— Andrew Guzaldo

“Governments never react well, but they always over-react very well.”

— Marc Rainer

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes,”

— Andrew Jackson

“It's about time that governments feared the people instead of the other way around.”

— Henry Rollins

“The only thing worse than too much government is too little: in failed states, people suffer at least as much violence and injustice as…

— Tony Judt

“I hate to admit it, but governmental deviousness is usually better explained by incompetence, vanity, and the need to protect one's job at all…

— Jasper Fforde