Government Quote by Noam Chomsky

Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.

— Bill Owens

The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

— John Locke

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

— Adrian Rogers

The government doesn't create wealth of its own; it can only take it from some and distribute it to others or dictate particular public…

— Joel Miller

Indeed, in a free government almost all other rights would become worthless if the government possessed power over the private fortune of every citizen.

— John Marshall

Without the principle of private property there would be no reason for government, which is necessary solely for the purpose of keeping the disinherited…

— Ricardo Flores Magon

Physical wealth has not necessarily been very secure.

— Nick Szabo

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

— Isabel Paterson

No public servant or legislator can claim any privacy to take money for conducting their official functions.

— Prashant Bhushan

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

— Azim Premji

That's the problem with very high taxes - they don't redistribute wealth; they redistribute people.

— Daniel Hannan

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative.

— Kim Campbell