Government Quote by Paul Keating

I have... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government.

— Rafik Hariri

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government.

— James Bovard

Any public official - regardless of political party - who fails to recognize the problem with devaluing subsections of your constituency is unfit to…

— Wayne Messam

There is a paradox in politics that what it takes to get elected is not necessarily what it takes to govern, and my feeling…

— Bennett Miller

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.

— Dick Morris

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government

— James Q. Wilson

In order to continue in office, any government (not simply a 'democratic' government) must have the support of the majority of its subjects. This…

— Murray Rothbard

There are Americans will find it difficult to believe that the Prime Minister can simply impose candidates on ridings, and can so efficiently move…

— Stockwell Day

The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government…

— Tony Abbott

I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to…

— Robert A. Heinlein

An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.

— Nathan Myhrvold

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.

— Malcolm X