Quotes About Responsibility

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us.

A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 ... and 50 million people died as a result ... what I learned as a little kid is that politics is, in fact, very important.

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking about future elections until we've done our jobs here.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

Greatest gift is human life and that we have a duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

The fact that so many successful politicians are such shameless liars is not only a reflection on them, it is also a reflection on us. When the people want the impossible, only liars can satisfy.

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

Every country has the government it deserves.

The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.