Quotes About Government

When the State withers, humanity flowers.

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

The IRS! They're like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs.

Every law is an infraction of liberty.

A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!

With Congress, every time they make a joke it's a law, and every time they make a law it's a joke.

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.

An income tax form is like a laundry list - either way you lose your shirt.

An honest politician is an oxymoron.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

People say satire is dead. It's not dead; it's alive and living in the White House.

Elected office holds more perks than Elvis' nightstand.

Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?

A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness.

It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature.

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt.

All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases.

The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

Laura Oliva, A World Apart