Government Quotes
Jefferson leads this page, followed by Milton Friedman, Robert LeFevre and Lincoln. Most of it is political philosophy, with a few jokes mixed in: P. J. O’Rourke in Parliament of Whores (1991) says giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys, and Will Rogers, in 1935, said a comedian needs no credit when the whole government is working for him.
Two well-known lines are flagged. “Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants” is credited to William Penn, but the oldest wording the notes cite is from a 1949 speech by Norman Vincent Peale. The one about a government big enough to give you everything being big enough to take it away is credited to Barry Goldwater, and the notes point to older versions of it.
When will the interests of governments be amalgamated with those of the people? Never!
Government is too big and important to be left to the politicians.
You can't be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy.
They think democracy -- I used to say "damn the democracy", because it's not a stable government.
We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.
The only true world solution today is governments guided by true religion — of the spirit.