Quotes About Government

Why people suffer thou the is government. It is because everyone fight into power to take care of themselves than to serve the people in need.

Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the law.

Clever nations are the ones who keep changing their governments! Because power must change hands otherwise it will get spoiled and rot!

Everybody says that I have a lot of power. But what does that power consist of?... Can I influence governments? I am beginning to be able to..." (1995)

We are much too tolerant of the moral aberration of statesmen and bureaucrats.

You can become a politician and improve the institutions of power in your country

The corporate government is heavily influenced by the utility company cartel.

One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.

These programs were never about terrorism: they're about economic spying, social control, and diplomatic manipulation. They're about power.

Access to unlimited funds by a government, not surprisingly, leads to an unlimited government.

Washington likes to threaten the people over whom they exercise power.

The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people - rjs

We can't just sit on our asses and not live our lives while we're trying to expose a corrupt government.

Unchecked Corporate power leads to tyranny just like unchecked Government power.

The best way to filter out the bad seeds was to place a job ad for Prime Minister in a national newspaper and all those that applied would be automatically disqualified.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

The illegal we do immediately the unconstitutional takes a little longer.

The powers that be are ordained of God.

Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

It appears that the Soviets are now going to allow prayer in school. One wonders how soon the United States will catch up.

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of property and wealth.