government Quotes

We must not only cease our present desire for the growth of the state, but we must desire its decrease, its weakening.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

Before deciding what to do about national space policy, Obama set up an outside review panel of space experts, headed up by my friend Norm Augustine, former head of Lockheed Martin and a former government official.

I am not sure about Bill Nelson. I haven't heard him say, 'Let's junk the NASA plan to send humans to the moon.' He's not about to say that. That would not be very popular.

Save the taxpayer's money by canceling the Ares 1 and V.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.