Action Quote by Roy Barnes

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

— Richard M. Nixon

What I'm saying is that government doesn't work for people. There is a perception of it and a reality of it.

— Lori Lightfoot

We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for…

— Warren G. Harding

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government…

— Scott McCallum

You have citizens who don't understand how government works and they're kind of soured on it. All they do is criticize. They have no…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

One citizen, or a few, may be powerless if all the rest are determined to benefit from the imposition of unjust supranational rules. But…

— Thomas Pogge

The citizen can bring our political and governmental institutions back to life, make them responsive and accountable, and keep them honest. No one else…

— John Gardner

Both America and Britain understand that governments must be responsive to everyday working people, that governments must represent their own citizens.

— Donald Trump

The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.

— John Locke

. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves.

— Ronald Reagan

You forget, living outside of a country, that the actions of the government are not the actions of the people.

— Steven Wilson

Government should stay the hell out of people's business.

— Barry Goldwater