Quotes About Government

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.

Furthermore, when citizens are all almost equal, it becomes difficult for them to defend their independence against the aggressions of power.

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

If there's very strong civic unrest you can see a strong party of the Right emerging, whether it's UKIP [The UK Independence Party] or an even further-right party.

I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.

The States acceded to the Union.

The States are nations.

The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.

Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.

That is the crux of modern conservatism - government taking strong measures to foster the attitudes and aptitudes necessary for increased individual independence.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence.

It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defence, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

Certainly one of the highest duties of the citizen is a scrupulous obedience to the laws of the nation. But it is not the highest duty.

The next stage of development, perhaps in the distant future, will be a social order under which there will be no need for the coercive power of the state.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.

The most favourable laws can do very little towards the happiness of people when the disposition of the ruling power is adverse to them.