Quotes About Government

John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, died in 1946. But his ghost lives on. When economies around the world contracted sharply in late 2008 and early 2009, government officials started seeing visions of the 1930s and turned

John Maynard Keynes, the great British economist, died in 1946. But his ghost lives on. When economies around the world contracted sharply in late 2008 and early 2009, government officials started seeing visions of the 1930s and turned immediately to the teachings of Lord Keynes.

Once, when a government agent arrived at her home with a ream of paper that documented the case against her, she asked if that law was more powerful than natural law. He told her that, yes, it was a powerful law, the law of the federal government. Then, she said, it should be more powerful that this, and she threw it into her woodstove.

Não há nada de mais imoral do que roubar sem riscos. É o risco que nos diferencia dos banqueiros e dos seus émulos que praticam o roubo legalizado com a cobertura do governo. Não te inculquei a minha arte para te tornares um ladrão de cinema cuja única preocupação é não desagradar ao seu público.

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced

Peace is not merely the absence of war but the presence of justice, of law, of order —in short, of government.

The state was made for man, not man for state.

Tidak ada yang lebih merusak martabat pemerintah dan hukum negeri dibanding meloloskan undang-undang yang tidak bisa ditegakkan.

Hal yang paling sukar dipahami di dunia ini adalah pajak penghasilan.

I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.

El Estado es para los hombres y no los hombres para el Estado. Como deber primero del Estado veo la protección del individuo, así como ofrecerle la posibilidad de desarrollar una personalidad creativa.

In politics not only are leaders lacking, but the independence of spent and the sense of justice of the citizen have to a great extent declined.

The timid may say, "What is the use? We shall be sent to prison." To them I would reply: Even if only two percent of those assigned to perform military service should announce their refusal to fight, as well as urge means other than war of settling international disputes, governments would be powerless, they would not dare send such a large number of people to jail.

Askerlik hizmeti yapmasi gerekenlerin yalnizca yuzde ikisi bile kendilerini savas direniscisi ilan etse ve savasmayacagiz. Uluslararasi ihtilaflari cozmek icin baska yontemlere ihtiyacimiz var, dese hukumetlerin eli kolu baglanir; bu kadar buyuk kitleleri hapse atamazlar.

As readers, we have gone from learning a precious craft whose secret was held by a jealous few, to taking for granted a skin that has become subordinate to principles of mindless financial profit or mechanical efficiency, a skill for which governments care almost nothing.

A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.

But liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near-war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of the central government.

There was something called democracy. As though men were more than physico-chemically equal.

VÄ›cí vlády je zasedat, nikoli mlátit. Vládne se hlavou a zadkem, nikoli pÄ›stí.

Quote of the day:Quote of the day: A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. Aldous Huxley

Within the next generation I believe that the world's rulers will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging and kicking them into obedience.

Overpopulation leads to economic insecurity and social unrest. Unrest and insecurity lead to more control by central governments and an increase of their power. In the absence of a constitutional tradition, this increased power will probably be exercised in a dictatorial fashion.

liberty, as we all know, cannot flourish in a country that is permanently on a war footing, or even a near-war footing. Permanent crisis justifies permanent control of everybody and everything by the agencies of the central government.