Allegiance Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

...to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

— Theodore Roosevelt

We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to dispense justice…

— Doris "Granny D" Haddock

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate…

— Edward Bernays

To bring about government by oligarchy, masquerading as democracy, it is fundamentally essential that practically all authority and control be centralized in our Federal…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible…

— Woodrow Wilson

Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Government in and of itself is the foremost agent for destroying order and imposing chaos." "To accept the legitimacy of the state is to…

— L.K. Samuels

“Under the attempt to perform the impossible there sets in a general disintegration. When legislation fails, those who look upon it as a sovereign…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Our mission is not to impose our peculiar institutions upon other nations by physical force or diplomatic treachery but rather by internal peace and…

— Benjamin Harrison

When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no longer a…

— Jonathan Swift

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

— Ana Navarro