Politics Quote by Brandon Sanderson

“By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the people, by…

— Victoria Stoklasa

“for the people must have some complicated machinery or other, and hear its din, to satisfy that idea of government which they have.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Manipulation works so well on a personal level, I don't see why it wouldn't be an equally viable national policy." "That's actually how most…

— Brandon Sanderson

“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

— James Madison

Government is a way by which every individual believes he can live at the expense of everybody else.

— Milton Friedman

Government is, at every level, a means to gather in the labor and wealth of the people, and then instruct the people about new…

— Jeff Baxter

“Government in general, any government anywhere, is a thing of exquisite comicality to a discerning mind.”

— Joseph Conrad

“But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If…

— Mark R. Levin

“Nowadays, everybody fancies himself an expert in government and wants to have a say.”

— B.F. Skinner

“Modern corporate controlled governments are in the business of covering things up.”

— Steven Magee

“Government — or an administration — isn’t really the sum of its parts like people think, because all of those parts are competing for…

— Craig A. Falconer

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit…

— Thomas Jefferson