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3 December 2020 Voltaire

An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination.

3 December 2020 Rick Perry

Our citizens are tired of big government raising their taxes and cooking up new ways to micromanage their lives, our citizens are tired of big government killing jobs with their do-gooder policies. In short the people are Fed Up!

3 December 2020 Rick Perry

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

3 December 2020 Stephen Harper

I don’t believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.

3 December 2020 H. L. Mencken

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

3 December 2020 Herman Cain

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

3 December 2020 Edward Norton

I almost forgot what it’s like to be proud of my government.

3 December 2020 Will Rogers

It’s easy being a humorist when you’ve got the whole government working for you.

3 December 2020 Rick Perry

This administration in Washington that’s in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it’s the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

3 December 2020 Calvin Coolidge

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

3 December 2020 Jeremiah Wright

The government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color. The government lied.

3 December 2020 Andrew Jackson

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

3 December 2020 Mary Wollstonecraft

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.

3 December 2020 William J. Clinton

I don’t believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.

3 December 2020 Rod Stewart

Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it’s not bestowed on you by the royal family, it’s not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.

3 December 2020 Alexis de Tocqueville

In other words, a democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

3 December 2020 Wilhelm Reich

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary.

3 December 2020 Stephen Harper

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

3 December 2020 Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

3 December 2020 Stephen Harper

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

3 December 2020 Lucy Powell

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one.

3 December 2020 William Godwin

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

3 December 2020 Muqtada al Sadr

If the government fails to listen to your demands, then you will decide what is best for you.

3 December 2020 Tony Campolo

But I think it’s up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn’t be up to the government.

3 December 2020 Jesse Ventura

I believe in the America people’s ability to govern themselves. If government would just get out of the way and allow them to lead their lives as they choose, they will succeed.

3 December 2020 Stephen Fry

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it’ll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

3 December 2020 H. L. Mencken

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

3 December 2020 James Madison

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

3 December 2020 Ronald Reagan

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

3 December 2020 Andrew Jackson

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

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