Quotes About Government

The people must fight for their laws as for their walls.

If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes.

Choice by the people themselves is not generally distinguished for its wisdom.

What both the left and the right overlook is our Founders' wisdom about the limits and dangers of government.

I do not deny the rights of democracy, but I have no illusions as to the uses that will be made of those rights so long as wisdom is rare and pride abundant

A s laws multiply, injustice increases.

In every country it is the priest who is conservative, for two reasons — because it is his bread and because he can only move with the people. All priests are not strong. If the people say, "Preach two thousand gods," the priests will do it. They are the servants of the congregation who pay them. God does not pay them. So blame yourselves before blaming the priests. You can only get the government and the religion and the priesthood you deserve, and no better.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.

The year 2020 will mark the end of the U.S. presidency and the executive branch of the government. Let's just say the American public will finally be fed up by then and leave it at that.

of the 53,000,000 square miles which (excluding the polar regions) constitute the land area of the globe, only 6,000,000 square miles had non-white governments, and nearly two-thirds of this relatively modest remainder was represented by China and its dependencies. Since

seventy-three thousand pages of IRS regulations, he laughed at the very suggestion.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

A great debt is a great evil and a great national debt is a great national evil.

Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.

Father, would you make us more grateful for what you've given us in this country, and for the sacrifices of those who've spilled their blood. Would you make our government strong and keep us rooted in the faith of our forefathers. Help us to see our lives through eternal eyes and to realize that this life--though priceless--is but a vapor. And finally we ask...make us more like Christ, Father. No matter the cost.

When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death.

Today Henry would be running a banana republic with serious border issues and a dodgy nuclear-weapons program.

but I was thinking of the people who make a religion out of something completely different. Like money—actually, that's the nearest thing the government has to an ideology, and I'm not talking about bribes, Sam. Nowadays it's not just unfortunate if you have a low-paid job, have you noticed? It's actually irresponsible: you're not a good member of society, you're being very very naughty not to have a big house and a fancy car.

The Founders knew that unrestrained power is always dangerous. No person or group is immune from mistakes, selfishness, and greed.

A few reasonable policies won't do much good if the surrounding society is insane.

Politics is a delicate business. I understand that well. But if a party is not willing to stand up for what is right, does it deserve to win back control of the government?

How long had it been planned for?" "For months," I answered. "The French government had been working on it intently since April '42, writing up all the lists of the Jews to arrest. Over six thousand Parisian policemen were commissioned to carry it out. At first, the initial chosen date was July 14. But that's the national fête here. So it was scheduled a little later.

Qué pena que cuando los gobiernos deciden entrar en una guerra no puedan coger a sus ejércitos y ponerlos en un recinto cerrado a luchar, algo así como un estadio de fútbol, y no tener que joder a personas inocentes