Great Government Quotes
"Those are governed best who are governed least."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Government is not reason, nor eloquence. It is force. And like fire, it is a
dangerous servant and a fearsome master."
-- George Washington
"I heartily endorse the motto, 'That government is best which governs least'; and
I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically."
-- Henry David Thoreau
"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of wolves."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican
model of government, are justly
considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands
of the American people."
-- Thomas Jefferson
"Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt."
-- President Herbert Hoover
"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility at the other."
-- President Ronald Reagan
"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it
all away."
-- Barry Goldwater
"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people
take and people are as free as they want to be."
-- James Baldwin
"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into
error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the
Government from falling into error."
-- Robert H. Jackson
"Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility at the other."
-- President Ronald Reagan
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President: I'm beginning to
believe it."
-- Clarence Darrow
"All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that
fails, or against a bill that passes."
-- Senator Robert Dole (R-Kansas)
"In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great
difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the
government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control
itself."
-- Alexander Hamilton
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the
sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
-- John Quincy Adams
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and
vicious, they have more need of masters."
-- Benjamin Franklin
"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government,
is to live under the government of worse men."
-- Plato
"Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult
right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look out for yourself. Don't
whine or make excuses. Judge others by their actions and not by their race or other
characteristics."
-- The United States Marines
"It is the soldier, not the poet, who gives us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who gives us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us freedom to protest.
It is the soldier who serves beneath the flag, who salutes the flag, and whose coffin is
draped by the flag, who gives the demonstrator the right to burn the flag."
-- Stephen Ambrose
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