Art Quote by H. L. Mencken

Government is itself an art, one of the subtlest of the arts. It is neither business, nor technology, nor applied science. It is the…

— Felix Frankfurter

Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.

— Bernard Berenson

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit…

— Thomas Jefferson

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those that are most tolerable…

— Anonymous

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. The bureaucracy consists of functionaries; the aristocracy, of idols; the democracy, of idolaters. The populace…

— George Bernard Shaw

The art of governing mankind by deceiving them.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“It seems to be difficult if not impossible for human beings to avoid thinking of government as mystical entity with a nature and a…

— H.L. Mencken

According to the politics of fantasy, mankind is on the verge of perfectibility, if only we give the government just a little bit more…

— Michael J. Knowles

Government is not a human institution. It is a divine institution that humans are to run on His behalf. When they create their own…

— Tony Evans

Government is a parasite-a cancer that by nature tries to spread deeper into society. Those who want to run others' lives won't give up…

— Harry Browne