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.
I do not accept the language of threatening and blackmailing from the government of Turkey.
A Government with Heart who will protect our environment and heed the cries of Mother Nature.
Government cannot make trade more fair by making it less free.
The principle of government supremacy is Clinton's clearest legacy.
The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.
There is no technological magic bullet that will make the government as smart as it is powerful.
We need a constitutional amendment to make the federal government obey the Constitution.