Government quotes

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◆ People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.

- Alan Moore100

◆ Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt100

◆ No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

- Abraham Lincoln100

◆ Don't steal, don't lie, don't cheat, don't sell drugs. The government hates competition.

- Hussein Nishah100

◆ I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it. I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here...

- Bill Hicks99

◆ I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.

- Thomas Jefferson99

◆ The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

- Thomas Jefferson99

◆ We must not look to government to solve our problems. Government is the problem.

- Ronald Reagan99

◆ War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

- 99

◆ The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

- Karl Marx99

◆ It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.

- Will Durant99

◆ How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

- Abraham Lincoln99

◆ If you can't convince them, confuse them.

- Harry S Truman99

◆ Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.

- Ronald Reagan99

◆ Britain has invented a new missile. It's called the civil servant - it doesn't work and it can't be fired.

- Walter Walker99