Citizens Quote by Donald J. Boudreaux

The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting…

— James Bovard

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust…

— Fred Woodworth

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government…

— Barack Obama

No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion;…

— Eric Hoffer

There's a real danger in the way our representative government functions today. It functions properly only when paired with accountability.

— Edward Snowden

If it is dangerous to suppose that government is always right, it will sooner or later be awkward for public administration if most people…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all harm, provide…

— Ron Paul

“I need to say this – you shouldn't trust any government, actually including this one. You should not trust government – full stop. The…

— Nick Clegg

Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places,…

— Woodrow Wilson

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us;…

— Ronald Reagan

A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to…

— Alexander Hamilton

Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their…

— Sonny Perdue