Assuming Quote by Herbert Spencer

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

— Baron de Montesquieu

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a…

— Will Rogers

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing…

— Jared Diamond

There is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state. The construction of government ought to be such as to…

— Thomas Paine

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

— Thomas Jefferson

By the end of this decade we will live under the first One World Government that has ever existed in the society of nations…

— Pope John Paul II

Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will…

— Simon Bolivar

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can…

— Joseph Story

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal…

— Ronald Reagan