3 December 2020 Vladimir Zhirinovsky We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops… and force migratory birds to stay where they are.
3 December 2020 Ayn Rand The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
3 December 2020 Theresa May There’s much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
3 December 2020 George Grenville A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.
3 December 2020 Luke Scott Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.
3 December 2020 Winston Churchill It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
3 December 2020 Eddie Izzard So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!
3 December 2020 Thomas Jefferson The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.
3 December 2020 Lucy Powell As the prospect of a Tory government gets nearer, many traditional Labour voters – some who switched away in recent times and many who stayed at home – seem more determined to prevent that happening.
3 December 2020 George Will If you seek Hamilton’s monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson, but live in Hamilton’s country, a mighty industrial nation with a strong central government.
3 December 2020 Harold MacMillan It is the duty of Her Majesty’s government neither to flap nor to falter.
3 December 2020 Jonathan Swift For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
3 December 2020 George Weah My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.
3 December 2020 Harry S. Truman A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.
3 December 2020 Peter Singer In a democracy, citizens pass judgment on their government, and if they are kept in the dark about what their government is doing, they cannot be in a position to make well-grounded decisions.
3 December 2020 Donald Rumsfeld Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
3 December 2020 Lee Iacocca One of the things the government can’t do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
3 December 2020 Newt Gingrich We tried to have diplomas without learning, we tried to have jobs without work, we tried to have houses without savings, we tried to have government without responsibility.
3 December 2020 Lysander Spooner If the jury have no right to judge of the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.
3 December 2020 Richard M. Nixon Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.
3 December 2020 Jesse Ventura Remember that government doesn’t earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.
3 December 2020 Leland Stanford Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
3 December 2020 Arthur Scargill The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day.
3 December 2020 Chris Chocola Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.
