Accepting Quote by Mark Twain

People are yearning for a politics that tells it straight: that being in government is difficult, that there are tough decisions that we have…

— Hilary Benn

Corruption in government is an overwhelming problem.

— Tom Fitton

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role…

— Boots Riley

In nearly a decade in city government, I have learned that the easiest thing to do in government is nothing. And in trying to…

— Michelle Wu

My experience in government is there is a whole host of unintended consequences you have to think through. I can't un-know that, I find…

— Jo Swinson

My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.

— Olympia Snowe

Politics creates an almost endless time horizon into the future. ... As governor I had the incredible luxury of being able to dream on…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If…

— Louis D. Brandeis

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

— Donald Trump

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

In New York, politics is a crime scene from the very beginning. We have the most corrupt state government in the United States.

— Michael Caputo