Country Quote by Florence Shapiro

If people are able to run the affairs of a village well, eventually they'll be able to run a township, and a county.

— Wen Jiabao

The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“How do you calculate fish fries in the backyard, kiddie pools in the front yard, and unfettered views of a thousand starts in the…

— Monica Hesse

People lose sight that the counties run the elections.

— Brian Kemp

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

— Huey Long

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

— Tom Vilsack

We have 3,141 counties in this country. That would be 20 per county. The idea that we can't assimilate these 8-year-old criminals with their…

— George Will

And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time.

— Richard M. Daley

Well, California used to be in the dream-making business, and unfortunately what's happened I think we're now in the dream-breaking business.

— Meg Whitman

“All you have to do is look at Colorado: real estate is up, 30,000 jobs added, retail is up, state tax [revenues] up.”

— Tom Wainwright

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.

— Michael O'Donoghue

I think maybe it is about time for a governor who has created jobs, who's managed a budget, who's led and inspired large organizations,…

— Meg Whitman