Government Quotes

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself" "Society is produced by our wants and government by our wickedness" "The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves " "Government has no other end but the preservation of property" "Politics is the art of controlling your environment" "The essence of government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse " "The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over its government" "We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security" "All plans of government which suppose great reformation in the manners of mankind are plainly imaginary" "Justice is the end of government It is the end of civil society It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit" "Our American dream is under siege because our government has been hijacked by special interests and used as a weapon against common citizens. The people must be sovereign." "The bigger concern may be that now we have a rapidly growing economy and ample capital, but a failure of the government and society, to allocate it properly." "We have a Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities" "We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties" "Every step we take towards making the state the caretaker of our lives, by that much we move toward making the state our master." "A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation" "You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing" "If men were angels no government would be necessary" "In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence whether sought or unsought by the military-industrial complex" "Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us."