Quotes About Government

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Donald Trump has been planting seeds for over a year, warning supporters not to trust the government, the polls or the media, because it's all rigged, he says.

I don't trust a government I can't shoot back at

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power.

Trust is very much a part of our democracy.

I have said it before and I will say it again: Impeachment is off the table.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.

You see that's what I think is such a terrible, terrible betrayal, the trust that people have in government.

Nobody can be trusted with unlimited power. The more power a regime has, the more likely people will be killed. This is a major reason for promoting freedom.

He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Term limits mean that you don't trust the voters. 'Stop me before I vote again.'

Obviously if there are guns on the street there's going to be more violence. That being said, I happen not to trust the government.

We need, in effect, to make the phantom 'lock-boxes' around the trust fund real.

Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.

It's no coincidence that trust in government is at an all-time low now that the size of government is at an all-time high.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

People don't trust the federal government as it relates to health care.

All my trust in the politicians had been rubbed away.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

When I was quite young, I put my trust in God--not government; and I never get the two confused.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.