Well, fancy giving money to the government! might as well have put it down the drain. — Alan Patrick Herbert
Many people say that government is necessary because some men cannot be trusted to look after themselves — Nicolas Hardy Walter
To declare that the end justifies the means, to declare that the government may commit crimes, would bring terrible retribution. — Louis D. Brandeis
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers — Woodrow Wilson
The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
If you attack stupidity you attack and entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life — Samuel Marchbanks
It was the government that should have been told to refrain from its inhuman policy of violence and massacre — Nelson Mandela
If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent — Henry David Thoreau
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are — Hubert Humphrey
It was further argued that it is wrong and indefensible for a political organization to repudiate picketing, whi. — Nelson Mandela
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect. — Sam Ewing
The government is merely a servant — merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative — Mark Twain
Oh yeah? who’s the only one here who knows secret ninja moves from the government? — Napoleon Dynamite
The national unity government will need to implement a program that brings all iraqis together — Zalmay Khalilzad
Indeed, for almost 10 years, moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government — Zbigniew Brzezinski
We need to attach a reason to our emotional states. At the high end of the emotional spectrum — Richard Rudd
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition — Harry S. Truman
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant — George Washington
I’d like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private individuals. — Joseph Heller
When people don’t understand that the government doesn’t have their interests in mind, they’re more susceptible to go to war. — Howard Zinn
I suggest that if you know history, then you might not be so easily fooled by the government — Howard Zinn
Our founding fathers would shudder to see how easily forces outside the mainstream now seem to — John Kerry
There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. — John Kerry