Confidence Quote by Thomas Paine

There are some who lack confidence in the integrity and capacity of the people to govern themselves. To all who entertain such fears I…

— Andrew Johnson

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.

— James Hilton

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.

— Anita Roddick

We view our Nation's strength and security as a trust, upon which rests the hope of free men everywhere.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Govern wisely, and as little as possible

— Sam Houston

“Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they…

— David Hume

“Crucial decisions are made, today as thousands of years ago, in terms of the intuitive guesses and preferences of a few men in positions…

— Michael Lewis

Given a fair chance, human beings can govern themselves, and govern themselves better

— Aldous Huxley

The basis of effective government is public confidence.

— John F. Kennedy

Men give their confidence at once, but never their money.

— Tristan Bernard

A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become…

— Thomas Paine