government Quotes

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.