American government Quote by Ronald Reagan

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

“In a political system where nearly every adult may vote but where knowledge, wealth, social position, access to officials, and other resources are unequally…

— Larry M. Bartels

“The people in one district can choose not to reelect their member of Congress, but that will not change the composition of the government…

— Milton Friedman

Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also…

— Jeb Bush

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.

— Cormac McCarthy

When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county,…

— Alexander Hamilton

“We have two Governments in Washington: one run by the elected people—which is a minor part—and one run by the moneyed interests, which control…

— Studs Terkel

“Representative government is artifice, a political myth, designed to conceal from the masses the dominance of a self-selected, self-perpetuating, and self-serving traditional ruling class.”

— Giuseppe Prezzolini

“Though it is disguised by the illusion that a bureaucracy accountable to a majority of voters, and susceptible to the pressure of organized minorities,…

— Walter Lippmann

If I've learned one thing as a state leader, it's that California will never fulfill its truest potential if we wait for Washington to…

— Kevin de Leon

When you have a governor of your party, that governor has the capacity to be able to build a party, lead a party, more…

— Bob Casey, Jr

How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?

— Seneca the Younger