Government Quote by John Lennon Download Open image “The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.” — John Lennon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Government Inspirational People Political Politics Religion Trouble
it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You cannot have a government for and by the people if it is not represented by all of the people. — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
What I'm saying is that government doesn't work for people. There is a perception of it and a reality of it. — Lori Lightfoot Copy Share Image
I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people. — Ernie Fletcher Copy Share Image
Government is not a person; it is hardly even a collective of people. Government is a system, and it can be a good system,… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I never went to high school reunions. My thing is, out of sight, out of mind. That's my attitude toward life. So I don't… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be. — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Louisiana's spicy, colorful politics have saddled our state with a reputation for tolerating lax ethical standards in government. — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
Government schools, with your tax money, now discourage the teaching of multiplication tables by rote memorization but teach reading by the 'look-and-say' method which… — Greg Perry Copy Share Image
It's easy to say, let's go in and get the bad guys. But you have a divided country of Sunnis and Shias. The United… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image