Culture Quote by Jimmy Carter

I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.

— Lian Hearn

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with…

— Bill Gates

A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

— Grover Cleveland

It is the supreme test of a system of government whether its machinery is adequate for repressing the selfish undertakings of cliques formed on…

— William Graham Sumner

The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.

— Aaron McGruder

You measure a government by how few people need help.

— Patricia Schroeder

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public…

— George Bancroft

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

— Ernie Fletcher

We have throughout our history been tested when it comes to the institutions of our democracy. And thank God our forefathers were smart enough…

— Leon Panetta

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not…

— John C. Calhoun

Government is force, pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force, it will attract the worst elements of…

— Harry Browne

“The moral test of government is how it treats people in the dawn of life, the children, in the twilight of life, the aged,…

— Hubert Humphrey