Government Quote by Richard Henry Lee

`Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to…

— George Washington

Any government cannot work or function if it does not enjoy popular support.

— Amit Shah

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

— Mencius

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

— Walter Lippmann

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

— Abraham Lincoln

No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.

— Edmund Burke

Some say that popular government is still only a theory, and it must be admitted that no one has yet found a government that…

— Anonymous

Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall.…

— Ronald Reagan

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

— Andrew Jackson

It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government.

— Robert A. Agresta

The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many…

— Samuel Adams

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

— Ferdinand Marcos