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.
Government in reality, as has abundantly appeared, is a question of force, and not of consent.
Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit.
I hope that our governments learn from the Western governments how to serve the people.
Once the governments are on board, it makes a massive difference to the sport.
No government or social system is so evil that its people must be considered as lacking in virtue.
This Universe never did make sense; I suspect that it was built on government contract.
Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.
Government lets people take from others without having to face the people being hurt.