Analysis Quote by William Lyon Mackenzie King

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

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

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Think you have a low opinion of government? You should see government's opinion of you!

— David Burge

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.

— Thomas Jefferson

Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that which is…

— Laozi

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

— Abraham Lincoln

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

— Thomas Jefferson

Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad.

— Thomas Frank

A Government that gets too big for it's own good; is a Government gone bad.

— Samm Tittle

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

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

— John Sharp Williams