Character Quote by Herbert Hoover

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

— John Ralston Saul

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the least. There is something wrong when honesty wears a…

— Anonymous

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away with. When…

— Mark Leibovich

“when the highest virtues of mankind cannot be accomplished fully through voluntary actions, the greater good demands that the government compel people to do…

— S.W. Southwick

The Government is a servant and never should be anything but a servant. The moment the people become adjuncts to government, then the law…

— Henry Ford

Morality is the object of government.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people, towards a…

— James Madison

Bad politics make for bad morals.

— Joseph Brodsky

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

— William Weld

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

— Richard Stallman

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.

— John F. Kennedy