Able Quote by Hugh Masekela

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford.

— Paul Martin

Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits…

— Scott Walker

So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no…

— Jan Brewer

I believe in the America people's ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead…

— Jesse Ventura

No society has ever succeeded without a decent government.

— Robert H. Frank

Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.

— Barack Obama

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded…

— Steve Wynn

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

— Walter Lippmann

Its sad how people become what they had promised they never will.

— Tinku Razoria

Any system of government will work when everything is going well. It's the system that functions in the pinches that survive

— Anonymous