Government Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract…

— Thomas Jefferson

The people themselves, not their government, should be trusted with spending their own money and making their own decisions.

— Dick Armey

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

— Andrei Sakharov

People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.

— Martin O'Malley

It always matters whether or not you can trust your government.

— Trey Gowdy

No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by…

— Vin Suprynowicz

The American people can always be trusted with the information.

— Scott Pelley

Before a community can prosper, the people must believe in their leaders. They must know that at the core of every decision is careful…

— Linda Lingle

Our form of government depends on a mutual bond of trust between the people and their government. But people have become cynical about their…

— Sonny Perdue

“I need to say this – you shouldn't trust any government, actually including this one. You should not trust government – full stop. The…

— Nick Clegg

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

— Thomas Jefferson

The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting…

— James Bovard