Band Quote by Thomas Jefferson

In a free society with a government based on reason, it is inevitable that there will be no uniform opinion about important issues. Those…

— Thomas Jefferson

Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.

— Nick Clegg

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.

— George Washington

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

It's not like we were setting out to make a political statement - we're just a band with opinions.

— Martie Maguire

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

— George Washington

While we will always have vehement disagreements on important issues, we can disagree better. We have to. The stability of our society and our…

— Mike Johnson

My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on.

— Anonymous

We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.

— Reuven Rivlin

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

— Bertrand Russell

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature.

— Giambattista Vico