Quotes About Government

Woodrow Wilson later wrote: "The Constitution of the United States has been made under the dominion of the Newtonian theory.

They view the government as their enemy, profit as their only friend – probably do not even see themselves as the traitors they are.

All governments are made up of fools and they serve a lunatic.

Luckily, American politicians tend to be cheaply bought and we have been able to outbid the Kaiser.

The whole concept of government is corrupt, Mr Turnhouse. It is not for us to judge those who habitually inform us they are our betters.

Religion and kings don't mix – ought to be banned!

I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.

Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

Below the roads run the surveyors' lines which squared off the wilderness, and not only made it ready for sale but constructed a shape for county and state government.

The most dangerous thing any nation faces is a citizenry capable of trusting a liar to lead them.

By the way, have you ever noticed that if any one of us lies to them, it is a felony? But if any one of them lies to us, it is considered politics.

Who's the most ignorant person the United States is willing to elect?

Over the past fifty years, what some of our most prominent politicians didn't know could fill a book. This is that book.

The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

The government is also looking at further benefits including enhanced capital allowances the use of Tax Incremental Finance and extra help from UK Trade and Investment on inward investment and trade opportunities.

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

Maybe you have to be a bit touched to be a ruler, good or bad. For, as the wise say, a sensible man looks after his garden and a coward looks after his money; a just man cares about his city and a crazy man cares about the government; and a wise man studies the thickness of fern-fronds.

If poverty is not a result of lack of resources or opportunities, but of poor institutions, poor government, and toxic politics, giving money to poor countries—particularly giving money to the governments of poor countries—is likely to perpetuate and prolong poverty, not eliminate it. The

As we shall see, GDP is a poor indicator of wellbeing, but it is limited even as a measure of income. It includes income generated in the United States that belongs to foreigners; it includes incomes in the form of undistributed corporate profits (which ultimately belong to shareholders) as well as surpluses run by federal, state, and local government.

If the majority view, whether in government or in the scientific establishment, is wrong, toleration of dissent increases the odds that their errors will eventually be discovered. But even if the majority view is correct, as it often may be, it is more likely to be seen to be correct if it must defend itself against critics.