Government Quote by Sheldon Richman

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

— Charley Reese

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and the more…

— Rudolph Rummel

The more things a government undertakes to do, the fewer things it can do completely. When the government tries to do everything it must…

— Henry Hazlitt

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type…

— Mao Zedong

A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.

— Ernie Fletcher

Government of limited power need not be anemic government. Assurance that rights are secure tends to diminish fear and jealousy of strong government, and…

— Robert H. Jackson

I have more government than I want, more government than I need, more government than I can afford.

— John Redwood

Ultimately, power only really listens to power, and if government is to be improved, we must be able to threaten its existence, not merely…

— Vaclav Havel

Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Governments understand that help is power. That is why governments offer as much help to as many people as they can.

— Neale Donald Walsch

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

— James Bovard