Democracy Quote by Ron Paul

The generosity of spirit that is usually shown by advanced democracies disappears when the public feel two things: that their government is not in…

— Damian Green

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that belong to…

— Jesse Ventura

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

— Thomas Paine

In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in…

— Cal Thomas

Governments are composed of human beings, and all of the frailties that humans possess are absorbed into these governments and become active within these…

— John McAfee

Government is like fire. If it is kept within bounds and under the control of the people, it contributes to the welfare of all.…

— Harold Stassen

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another.

— Henry Rollins

Powerful government tends to draw into it people with bloated egos, people who think they know more than everyone else and have little hesitance…

— Walter E. Williams

Citizens who over-rely on their government to do everything not only become dependent on their government, they end up having to do whatever the…

— Charles Koch

You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive tyrannical force,…

— Millicent Fenwick

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can…

— Wendell Willkie

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed