Politics Quote by Jasper Fforde

“I think the government is incompetent, not evil.”

— Adam Carolla

“I must admit that I feel that the best form of government is benevolent despotism.”

— Jeff Grubb

“Government at its best is a necessary evil; at its worst, an intolerable one.”

— Joseph Befumo

“For some authorities it isn't that they're evil - or even that they're incompetent - but rather they just don't care enough; and not…

— Criss Jami

“Worse than a corrupt government is an incompetent one, not least because having the second characteristic does not exclude the first one.”

— Victor Bello Accioly

“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

“When you know the government is corrupt at the outset, the smart avoid interacting with them.”

— Steven Magee

“As bureaucracies accumulate power, they become immune to their own mistakes.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Those in government are especially susceptible to the corruption of power, because government is institutionalized coercion.”

— George H. Smith

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“The people are difficult to govern because of the (excessive) agency of their superiors (in governing them).”

— Lao Tzu

“That tiny part of your soul that believes in a ‘good government’ ideal requires you to avert your eyes from the segment of the…

— Jim Geraghty