Quotes About Government

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.

Freedom works, it turns out; the Constitution codified and structured freedom at a level unparalleled in world history.

All the freedom enjoyed in America, beyond what is enjoyed in England, is enjoyed solely by the disorderly at the expense of the orderly.

Securing freedom has been a singular commitment of American presidents and patriots in and out of government for generations. But its perpetual continuation is not guaranteed.

I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that.

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!

We have not enjoyed unmolested those rights which the constitution of the U.S.A. and our Charters grant.

I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.

People are naturally born as Libertarians till governments and oppressive societies force them to adopt their ideologies and their ways.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

Government should never be able to do anything you can't do. If you can't steal from your neighbor, you can't send the government to steal for you.

Republican presidents talk about freedom. Democratic presidents talk about equality.

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights government should never be permitted to take those away.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

In Russia we only had two TV channels. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you: Turn back at once to Channel One.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, The Party can always find you!

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.

Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.

Funny that all of Nixon's crimes - anonymous campaign cash, wiretapping, undeclared wars - are all legal now. Discuss.

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em or leave 'em - you can say they're funny or they're terrible or they're good, or whatever, but you can just pass 'em by. But with Congress, every time they make a joke, it's a law! And every time they make a law, it's a joke!