Quotes About Government

And the biggest, coldest power play of all in Obamacare came at the expense of the elderly.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters' own money.

The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.

The depositary of power is always unpopular.

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democracy into a plutocracy.

The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers.

If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

A democracy without faith is just a machine without power. Nothing can make it function except faith in itself, in the ordinary man and woman.

I think there's no question Comey abused power.

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

Passions change, politics are immutable.

Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.

Presidents come and go, and even parties come to and away from power. But the main policy tack does not change.

The best type of government comes from a government that is scrutinized by the people when they have true information about our governments, major corporations, other power actors in society.