Government Quotes

Obama is trying to paint us as a caricature, as if we're some bizarre individualists who are hardcore libertarians. It's a false dichotomy and intellectually lazy. Of course we believe in government. We think government should do what it does really well, but that it has limits.

Paul Ryan

It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 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

People create jobs, not the government.

Scott Walker

Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.

Xenophon

The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.

Ronald Reagan

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

Michael Badnarik

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

Marco Rubio

Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work.

Mitt Romney

In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.

Peter Singer

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

P. J. O'Rourke

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

Jean Rostand

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.

Barbara Jordan

All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

William Henry Harrison

An educated people can be easily governed.

Frederick the Great

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

James Reston

I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.

Rand Paul

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

Newt Gingrich

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

Theresa May

Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

Bob Woodward

Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.

Sheikh Hasina