Age Quote by Thomas Paine

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

— Andrei Sakharov

The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear.

— Charles Eisenstein

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin.

— Joseph Conrad

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

— Will Rogers

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

— Samantha Power

The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet or your…

— P. J. O'Rourke

As a general rule, governments are unlimited in their powers. All free governments, perhaps all other governments, are entitled in some shape or other…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's…

— John Steinbeck

Aristocracy has a tendency to degenerate the human species.

— Thomas Paine

The prejudice of unfounded belief often degenerates into the prejudice of custom, and becomes at last rank hypocrisy. When men, from custom or fashion…

— Thomas Paine

War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game.

— Thomas Paine

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people.

— Thomas Paine