Quotes About Government

The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God.

The God of heaven sent some of His choicest spirits to lay the foundation of this government. And he has sent other choice spirits to preserve it.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

If the average citizen thinks God has nothing to do with government, who then creates our rights and what makes them inalienable?

The state authorities have no place in the church of God, no right to control and persecute the conscience.

The greatness of God's government knows no end.

It cannot be good to tax the Americans... You will lose more than you gain.

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it.

We favor putting Congress on a commission basis. Pay them for results. If they do a good job and the country prospers, they get 10% of the extra take.

All taxes discourage something. Why not discourage bad things like pollution rather than good things like working?

The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.

The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions

If democracy is such a good thing, let's have more of it.

The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.

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.

If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

1913 wasn't a very good year. 1913 gave us the income tax, the 16th amendment and the IRS.

You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

It is not safe in the republican form of government that clannishness should exist either by compulsory or voluntary reason. It is not good for the government and it is not good for the individual.