Government Quote by George Washington Download Open image “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.” — George Washington ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Government Intelligence Politics
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The need for Government is the need for force; where force is unnecessary, there is no need for Government. — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
“To reason with governments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image