Quotes About Governance

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people.

Instead of the function of governing, for which it is radically unfit, the proper office of a representative assembly is to watch and control the government.

I'm not an anarchist. I believe in government.

I've always been about less government.

It must be that to govern a nation you need a specific talent and that this may very well exist without general ability.

Most countries choose to have government run the economy.

Government is a necessary evil

In my view, stability only comes with a government that is elected by the people and works for the people.

The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

Governments don't control people like they used to.

Those are governed best who are governed least.

Let them obey that knows not how to rule.

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

The Bible says that governments can do things that I'm not supposed to do as an individual. God has not put the law in my hands. He's put the law in the government's hands.

The First Amendment is about how we govern ourselves - not about how we titillate ourselves sexually.

No society has ever succeeded without a decent government.

If government is inevitable, the challenge is to come up with the most effective one possible.

What is government but theft by consent?

The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.

Weak emperors mean strong viceroys.

A government of laws, and not of men

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

The supply of government exceeds the demand.

Themistocles said "The Athenians govern the Greeks I govern the Athenians you my wife govern me your son governs you."