Quotes about Government
The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.
by Thomas Paine (Writer, English , born in 1737) keywords: abolished, act, association, begins, common, formal, general, government, instant, interest, place, produces, security, society , takes To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places.
by Wendell Phillips (Activist, American , born in 1811) keywords: congress, government, gravitation, hear, kept, law, men, places, planets, some, suppose, talk, their , would The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.
by Ronald Reagan (President, American , born in 1911) keywords: any, away, best, business, government, minds, steal, them, were , would The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.
by Wilhelm Reich (Psychologist, Austrian , born in 1897) keywords: bubonic, character, extraordinarily, fact, ideologies, necessary, plague, political, powerful, proof, realities, reality, regarded, social, tangible, their, vitally , would Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) keywords: ancient, because, both, declined, going, had, happen, house, now, rome, senate , us Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) keywords: claims, due, had, haven, lincoln, look, ohio, president, since, states , united This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) keywords: baby, come, congress, country, feel, gets, hammer, hold, same , session Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
by Lily Tomlin (Actor, American , born in 1939) keywords: adults, americans, country, decent, eight, elected, get, hardworking, honest, lousy, ninety, other, percent, publicity, them, then , two The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return.
by Gore Vidal (Novelist, American , born in 1925) keywords: along, class, drudge, ever, genius, get, heavy, inequity, kept, majority, most, nothing, our, paying, questioning, return, ruling, system, taxes, where , which Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) keywords: dangerous, eloquent, fearful, fire, force, government, master, reason , servant The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
by Woodrow Wilson (President, American , born in 1856) keywords: above, been, bosses, democracy, designed, empire, employers, forms, got, government, hands, interests, into, invisible, set, special, their, up , which 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.
by Fred Woodworthkeywords: accustomed, basis, behavior, beings, cooperate, evil, government, human, mutual, own, responsibility, taking, their, trust , unnecessary 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.
by Fred Woodworthkeywords: also, any, bad, being, beings, composed, fundamentally, good, government, human, necessary , would
