Government Begins Quotes
- Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is… — Damon Keith
- The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home. — Charles Evans Hughes
- The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded. — Baron de Montesquieu
- My government currently runs things only because the people 'allow' them to run things. It is my responsibility that I do everything I can to… — Derek R. Audette
- The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. — Charles de Secondat