Government Quote by Thomas Jefferson

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

— Thomas Jefferson

What is understood by republican government in the United States is the slow and quiet action of society upon itself.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want…

— Ellen Glasgow

Big government flourishes under Republicans.

— Ron Paul

“Keep moving ahead because action creates momentum, which in turn creates unanticipated oppurtunties.”

— Nick Vujicic

My most earnest wish is to see the republican element of popular control pushed to the maximum of its practicable exercise. I shall then…

— Thomas Jefferson

every political structure, new or old, left to itself develops stabilizing forces which stand in the way of constant transformation and expansion. Therefore all…

— Hannah Arendt

In government, things do not move too quick. That is why I am trying to introduce a new culture: so that things move more…

— Jacob Zuma

Things move at their own pace.

— Lily Gladstone

[on the Republican party] A party with a narrow vision, a party that is afraid of the future.

— Jimmy Carter

Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not…

— Michael Bloomberg

“[R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning;”

— David Hume