Government Quotes

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

~ P. T. Barnum

Good government is good politics.

~ Richard J. Daley

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

~ Winfield Scott Hancock

Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.

~ P. J. O'rourke

You can't write about history without writing about politics at some point. History is about movements of people. 'What is criminality and what is government' is a theme that runs through every history.

~ David Mamet

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

~ Benazir Bhutto

Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about the low morale in Italian industry and the lack of government initiatives to help the poor.

~ Diego Della Valle

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

~ Wang Jianlin

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

~ John Tyler

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship.

~ Tony Garza

Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.

~ Bob Woodward

I will be very sad and worried if the imperialist government was calling me a great democratic man.

~ Hugo Chavez

It's sad to think right now, but probably the Russian and Chinese government know more about Hillary Clinton's e-mail server than do the members of the United States Congress. And - and that has put our national security at risk.

~ Scott Walker

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

~ John Perry Barlow

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.

~ Preet Bharara

We have already discovered how quickly we become dependent on the Internet and its applications for business, government and research, so it is not surprising that we are finding that we can apply this technology to enable or facilitate our social interactions as well.

~ Vint Cerf

I think we're heading towards a world of what I call 'technological socialism.' Where technology - not the government or the state - will begin to take care of us. Technology will provide our healthcare for free. The best education in the world - for free.

~ Peter Diamandis

Government isn't that good at rapid advancement of technology. It tends to be better at funding basic research. To have things take off, you've got to have commercial companies do it.

~ Elon Musk

Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.

~ Rebecca Mackinnon

If China someday gains a more fair, just, and accountable system of government, it will be due to the hard work and efforts of the Chinese people, not due to the inexorable workings of any particular technology.

~ Rebecca Mackinnon

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford.

~ Peter Diamandis

Okay, fluoride in the water to help our teeth. Well, shouldn't that be the job of your mom and dad? To teach you how to brush your teeth and use mouth wash? What do we need the government to do it for? Clearly, what a scam. Fluoride in the water.

~ Jesse Ventura

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

~ Bill Gates

There are very powerful and wealthy special interests who want to privatize or dismember virtually every function that government now performs, whether it is Social Security, Medicare, public education or the Postal Service.

~ Bernie Sanders

It's not easy for the average family to ensure that their child receives a quality education. And the federal government is not making it any easier.

~ Kevin Mccarthy

To ensure that Singaporeans can take advantage of opportunities, the government should continue to monitor carefully the proportion of foreign students in our education institutions to ensure that the proportion matches the present and future needs of the country, and the Singaporeans are the main beneficiaries of our education policy.

~ Tony Tan

We must work toward cyber doctrine that reflects the wisdom of free markets, private competition, and the important but limited role of government in establishing and enforcing the rule of law, honoring the rights of personal property, the benefits of free and fair trade, and the fundamental principles of liberty.

~ Thomas Bossert

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

~ Thomas Jefferson

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

~ Thomas Carlyle

It is a remarkable fact in the political history of man that there is scarcely an instance of a free constitutional government which has been the work exclusively of foresight and wisdom. They have all been the result of a fortunate combination of circumstances.

~ John C. Calhoun

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government.

~ Pankaj Mishra

To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained.

~ Charles Inglis

Liberals want the government to get bigger, and they want you to drive smaller cars, and they want to dictate the way you live.

~ Rush Limbaugh

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.

~ James Madison

You may not be able to change the course of government, but you can achieve some peace. And books were the path to that. I grew up in a house where books were everywhere.

~ Ta-Nehisi Coates

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Church of Christ is constituted in two orders, the clergy and the people, the one having the care of the Church that all may be ruled for the salvation of souls; the other contains kings, princes, and nobles who have to carry on secular government that all things may lead to the peace and unity of the Church.

~ Thomas Becket

The Viennese wash everything. Where else in the world does the government hire public servants to wash public telephone booths and the glass over traffic lights? Every time I see someone doing these things, I smile like a child.

~ Jonathan Carroll

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

~ John Rowland

Despite massive evidence to the contrary, libertarians hold tight to their romantic concept of capitalism, which, freed from government interference, serves the consumer with the best products at the lowest prices.

~ Paul Craig Roberts