Government Quotes And Sayings

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“Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave.” 
– Felix G. Rohatyn

“Organize one’s values in the order of their worth.”
– François duc de Larochefoucauld

“Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Government is an unnecessary evil.  Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.” 
– Fred Woodworth

“If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.” 
– Fred Woodworth

“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“If all the economists were laid end to end, they’d never reach a conclusion.” 
– George Bernard Shaw

“The art of government is the organization of idolatry.”
– George Bernard Shaw

“Big Brother is watching you.”
– George Orwell

“When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves.”
– George Pataki

“A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon – it won’t work and you can’t fire it.”
– George S. Patton

“Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.”
– George Washington

“We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.”
– George Washington

“If you want to understand your government, don’t begin by reading the Constitution.  (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today’s statecraft.)  Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.” 
– George Will

“The happiest thing that can be said about democracy… is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a long period of confusion and mixed purposes for the sake of giving man a chance to grow up in mind and responsibility.” 
– H.A. Overstreet

“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.” 
– H.L. Mencken

“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”
– H.L. Mencken

“All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination‘s utterances.”
– Henry Abbey

“The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.” 
– Henry Ward Beecher

“Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.” 
– Herbert Hoover

“The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men.” 
– James Bryce

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”
– James Madison

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
– James Madison

“Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.” 
– James Russell Lowell

“A survey says that American workers work the first three hours every day just to pay their taxes.  So that’s why we can’t get anything done in the morning:  We’re government workers.”
– Jay Leno

“That future depends on the values of self-government, our sense of duty, loyalty, self-confidence and regard for the common good. We are a diverse country, and getting more diverse. And these virtues are what keep this great country together.” 
– Jeff Miller

“All of us should have free choice when it comes to patriotic displays… a government wisely acting within its bounds will earn loyalty and respect from its citizens. A government dare not demand the same.” 
– Jesse Ventura

“Reasons come first. Answers come second.”
– Jim Rohn 

“The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.” 
– Jim Rohn 

“To rule is easy, to govern difficult.” 
– Johann W. von Goethe

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