Government Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

— Voltaire

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

— Voltaire

Governments are not always right.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

— Anonymous

I'm not here to say that the government is always right, but when the government tells you to do something, I'm sure you would…

— Christopher Bond

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people.

— Cornelius Nepos

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. . . .…

— Woodrow Wilson

For those who fancy that government's projects are uniquely important, or for those who imagine that holding government office makes someone unusually saintly or…

— Donald J. Boudreaux

It's almost always dangerous to be right too soon.

— David Gerrold

Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time.

— Mark Twain