Government Quote by Frank Herbert

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

— Pythagoras

A government capable of controlling the whole, and bringing its force to a point, is one of the prerequisites for national liberty. We combine…

— Oliver Ellsworth

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions.

— Leo Tolstoy

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep…

— Samuel Johnson

It [appears] that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights,…

— Thomas Jefferson

In a despotic government, the only principle by which the tyrant who is to move the whole machine means to regulate and manage the…

— Samuel Williams

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.

— Ronald Reagan

No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.

— Edmund Burke

Government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community... when any government shall…

— George Mason

Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare of all.…

— Harold Stassen