Government Quote by John C. Calhoun

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

War, and more wars, are helping Government to siphon the earnings of its people into its treasury for its own selfish purpose, which is…

— Walter Russell

If one generation is expected to carry an excessive burden on behalf of another, it will seek by every means to avoid it. It…

— Margaret Thatcher

The day will come when the people will make so insistent their demand that there be peace in the world that the Governments will…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Death and taxes are inevitable.

— Thomas Chandler Haliburton

If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance;…

— George Washington

When taxes are too high, people go hungry. When the government is too intrusive, people lose their spirit. Act for the people's benefit. Trust…

— Laozi

It will be politics that determines the material welfare of future generations: the pace at which we advance toward "our destination of economic bliss,"…

— Eban Goodstein

Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety.…

— Calvin Coolidge

The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord.

— Anonymous

There are grave difficulties on every hand, and more are looming ahead. Therefore, we must go forward.

— William Carey

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes.

— Romano Prodi