Government Quote by Anonymous

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.

— Confucius

The end of government is the happiness of the people.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Government must not supersede the will of the people or the responsibilities of the people. The function of government is not to confer happiness,…

— Ronald Reagan

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose,…

— Frances Wright

That is the best Government, which best provides for war.

— Algernon Sidney

I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.

— William Weld

That government is best which governs least.

— Henry David Thoreau

Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and live happily.

— Aristotle

In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles…

— Noah Webster

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.

— Thomas Jefferson