Business Quote by George Papandreou

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

— Maggie Gallagher

Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.

— Arvind Kejriwal

How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing…

— John C. Calhoun

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people instead of an industrial oligarchy

— William O. Douglas

[G]overnment can, instead of extending freedom, restrict freedom. And note ... that the 'can' quickly becomes 'will' the moment the holders of government power…

— Barry Goldwater

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

— Thomas More

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

— Charley Reese

Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the next simplest,…

— Daniel Webster

The more people expect from government, the more biased they become against limiting government power.

— James Bovard

The more power government has to provide things, the more power it has to dictate terms.

— Sheldon Richman