Government Quote by Rick Perry

Government has a rightful role, but not an excessive role, to play.

— Jeff Fortenberry

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

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.

— Bill Gates

The government is what you've got. Politics is what you want.

— Danny K. Davis

It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us;…

— Ronald Reagan

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

— Benjamin Franklin

I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone.

— John Updike

I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's…

— John Steinbeck

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

— Plato

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

— Joe Lhota