Quotes About Power

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed and are right.

Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Government is not reason it is not eloquence - it is force.

The worst thing in this world next to anarchy is government.

Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.

Corporations and their government minions are capable of anything...just look at the frauds the recent wars became known as. Hundreds of thousands killed in the name of corporate "liberation".

One of the most unique aspects among many about the USA is that our transitions of 'power' have almost always been peaceful. This is very unique in all of history and in the world today".

The supply of government exceeds the demand.

Tyranny is yielding to the lust of governing.

Government is build on secrets.

Experiment or not, the government is always watching. - Felix

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection - they have many friends and few enemies.

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

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

Supporting a dictator is no different than eating a poisonous mushroom!

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.

A government that can take all and can seize all, a government that doesn't trust its citizens, a government that says it's their way or the highway... that's the scary part.

It is the knowledge that all men have weaknesses and that many have vices that makes government necessary.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

Our fearlessness shall be our secret weapon.

Any great change must expect opposition, because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.