Quotes About Government

Democracy is a much more brilliant idea than it seems.

Democracy is never far from Transparency just like the term Democracy is not far away from explaining what the term Unity means.

Liberty is a central concept in political philosophy and is often considered a fundamental value in democratic societies. However, the meaning of liberty and the extent to which it should be upheld has been a topic of debate throughout history.

The government touches everyone's lives in more ways than one, and everyone has an opinion about how the government should handle various issues—even if they don't realize it.

There's plenty of repressive communist regimes left over from the cold war, but there's plenty out there that don't really regulate their enterprise.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

Democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.

Politics is an inexact science.

Only a completely ready state can permit the luxury of a liberal government.

The obligations imposed on the government by the Bill of Rights are not a quid pro quo offered to its subjects but the expression of principles of right behavior.

the transgressions of the Bush era, rather than being denounced as unworthy of our Constitution, have been institutionalized.

The last year of the Vajpayee government, 2003–04, was the best ever—not just reckoning the years since 1947 but even going back to the last century, to the years of the East India Company, to the reign of Akbar and of Ashoka, and to the time when our forefathers had discovered Pythagoras's theorem, mastered the art of organ transplant and flew aircraft to other planets.

Contrary to popular belief or desire, in a global economy, the government is no longer the lead player, it is more an umpire. We

The cut in the repo rate is not the end of policy making; it gives the government an opportunity to take bold decisions. Over

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy the whores are us.