Quotes About Government

Faith marches at the head of the army of progress. -It is found beside the most refined life, the freest government, the profoundest philosophy, the noblest poetry, the purest humanity.

I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in their own destruction.

I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

Are democracy and poetry exclusive of one another and, if so, why?

I think poetry can lead to policy, and I can hear the laughter when I say that.

Even the simplest poemMay destroy your immunity to human emotions.All poems must carry a Government warning. WordsCan seriously affect your heart.

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation.

As for politics, I'm an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can't stand caged animals. People must be free.

The socialized state is to justice, order, and freedom what the Marquis de Sade is to love.

Islam is politics or it is nothing.

The decisive means for politics is violence.

Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.