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Quotes About Change

There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
~ Fidel Castro
Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out.
~ Ron Paul
If only Muslims were clever politically, they could take over the United States and replace its constitutional government with a caliphate.
~ Siraj Wahhaj
I call the present system 'Post-Constitutional America.' As I sometimes put it, the U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.
~ Joseph Sobran
People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...
~ Michael Jackson
Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
~ Ronald Reagan
I personally call the type of government which can be removed without violence 'democracy,' and the other, 'tyranny.'.
~ Karl Popper
Certainly the worker has nothing to lose by a change from government and capitalism to a condition of no government, of anarchy.
~ Alexander Berkman
Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference.
~ Margaret Mead
Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence.
~ Thomas Paine
I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.
~ Kathleen Blanco
National Socialism will use its own revolution for establishing of a new world order.
~ Adolf Hitler
Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.
~ George Washington
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
~ Baron de Montesquieu
Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments.
~ Peter Garrett
Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.
~ Harvey Fierstein
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.
~ Bella Abzug
Democracy is the worst kind of government, I'm sorry. Would you still call yourself a Christian if they elected a new Jesus every four years?
~ Doug Stanhope
There is a massive economic opportunity out there to be taken without waiting for government legislation.
~ Ellen MacArthur
The best view of big government is in the rearview mirror as we leave it behind.
~ Ronald Reagan
It's wrong to criticize government without offering a possible alternative.
~ Jacque Fresco
I think Churchill would be appalled at the Thatcher government.
~ Edward Heath
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
~ G. Gordon Liddy
Whatever right the Second Amendment protects is not as important as it was 200 years ago... The government should deconstitutionalize the subject by repealing the embarrasing Amendment.
~ George Will