Quotes About Government

a government is a living organism. Like every living thing its prime characteristic is a blind, unreasoned instinct to survive. You hit it, it will fight back.

Richard, Bill has the socialist disease in its worst form; he thinks the world owes him a living. He told me sincerely - smugly! - that of course everyone was entitled to the best possible medical and hospital service - free of course, unlimited of course, and of course the government should pay for it.

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried. Democracy's worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents—a depressingly low level, but what else can you expect?

The duty of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition is to oppose.

Demokrasi en iyi niyetli yakla??mla bile zavall? bir sistemdir; onunla ilgili söylenebilecek tek iyi ÅŸey, insan ?rk?n?n denemiÅŸ olduÄŸu diÄŸer sistemlerden yakla??k sekiz kat daha iyi olmas?d?r. Demokrasinin en büyük kusuru, liderlerinin oy ald?klar? seçmenlerin erdemlerini de kusurlar?n? da ta??malar?d?r; moral bozucu derecede düÅŸük bir düzey ama baÅŸka ne bekleyebilirsin?

Jubal longed for the days when a lawyer could cite the Bill of Rights and not have some over-riding Federation trickery defeat him.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is about eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits;

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method. Its worst fault is that its leaders reflect their constituents—a

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method. Its worst fault is that its leaders reflect their constituents—a low level, but what can you expect?

In a mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equal to "civil master.

To vote is to wield authority; it is the supreme authority from which all other authority derives—such

But a well-run tyranny is almost as scarce as an efficient democracy.

May I ask this? Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?" "Uh . . . that's a trick question." "It is the key question, dear Wyoming. A radical question that strikes to the root of the whole dilemma of government. Anyone who answers honestly and abides by all consequences knows where he stands—and what he will die for.

Government! Three-fourths parasitic and the rest stupid fumbling—

If you got good elective officials in your day, it was a happy accident, better than you deserved.

sometimes I think that government is an inescapable disease of human beings. But it may be possible to keep it small and starved and inoffensive

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!

A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as 'state' and 'society' and 'government' have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals.

What I fear most are affirmative actions of sober and well- intentioned men, granting to government powers to do something that appears to need doing.

Support for the arts—merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method. Its worst fault is that its leaders reflect their constituents—a low level, but what can you expect? So

War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force. The purpose is never to kill the enemy just to be killing him . . . but to make him do what you want him to do. Not killing . . . but controlled and purposeful violence. But