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Good ideas are the backbone of good government. — Brian Schweitzer
It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example,… — Alexander Hamilton
Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the… — Thomas Jefferson
That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. — Robin Hobb
Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have… — James C. Collins
Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work.… — Robert A. Heinlein
Those of you who come in with me now will receive a big piece of the pie. Those of you who delay, and commit yourselves… — Huey Long
The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media,… — Geoff Mulgan
Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the… — Andrew Young
If our political leaders are to be always a lot of political merchants, they will supply any demand we may create. All we have to… — Lincoln Steffens
Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government. — Anthony Albanese
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can… — Joseph Story
The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government. — Thomas Jefferson
WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good government. In justice to him it should be… — Ambrose Bierce
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the… — Thomas Jefferson
It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected. — Thomas Jefferson
A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means… — James Madison
It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide… — Alexander Hamilton
Impartiality is the life of justice, as justice is of all good government. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out of his life and property too arbitrarily and violently -… — Henry Louis Mencken
A good government remains a greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. — Dean Inge
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests… — Stephen Breyer

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