General Quote by Henry Knox

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

The people want government that works for them at every level.

— Anonymous

When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Unity is the only way in which the people of this country can overthrow the fascists, communists, capitalists, and all the other assholes who…

— William Powell

What, then, do they want a government for? Not to regulate commerce; not to educate the people; not to teach religion, not to administer…

— Herbert Spencer

We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.

— Reuven Rivlin

It is in a way a mystery that, instead of demanding that their governments give primary attention to their own needs and aspirations, most…

— J. William Fulbright

People want our elected officials to govern and for government to work.

— Margaret Hoover

Ordinary people want good government.

— Subramanian Swamy

“Complete self-government for the province [gubernia and region], district and community through bureaucrats elected by universal suffrage; the abolition of all local and provincial…

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

The legislatures will have better means of information. They can discover the danger at a distance; and possessing all the organs of civil power,…

— Alexander Hamilton

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

— Ferdinand Mount