Quotes About Government

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.

Governments last as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed . . . And all went to be taxed, everyone into his own city.

The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

The president is the representative of the whole nation and he's the only lobbyist that all the one hundred and sixty million people in this country have.

Th' prisidincy is th' highest office in th' gift iv th people. Th' vice-prisidincy is th' next highest an' the lowest. It isn't a crime exactly. Ye can't be sint to jail f r it, but it's a kind iv a disgrace.

When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.

To Lady Bird Johnson Not all the soldiers were in Vietnam. This one was in the White House.

America 2020 is a bad dream — with woke citizens and an asleep government

The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman's life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself. When government controls that decision for her, she is being treated as less than a fully adult human responsible for her own choices.

I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is not being pro-abortion. Being pro-choice is trusting the individual to make the right decision for herself and her family, and not entrusting that decision to anyone wearing the authority of government in any regard.

George W. Bush will protect your unborn fetus then send your grown child to die in war.

The government can catch a hare with an oxcart!

Ako ho?eš da znaš kakva je neka država i njena uprava, i kakva im je budu?nost, gledaj samo da saznaš koliko u toj zemlji ima ?estitih i nevinih ljudi po zatvorima, a koliko zlikovaca i prestupnika na slobodi. To ?e ti najbolje kazati.

Whenever a government feels the need of promising peace and prosperity to its citizens by means of a proclamation, it is time to be on guard and expect the opposite.

Sobald eine Regierung es für notwendig befindet, ihren Bürgern durch Plakate Frieden und Wohlstand zu versprechen, muss man auf der Hut sein und das Gegenteil davon erwarten.

if you're looking to see what the government of Kiribati finally decides to do, when do they wave the flag and say the last good-bye, I'm afraid I can't help you. But look around, follow the news, Google it, bear witness. The very least we could do for the canary is acknowledge its demise.

If you ask me, East Washington's been paranoid since the terrorist hit." Feeney sneered into the camera. "Couple dozen legislators get whacked, and they never forget it.