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.
At the end of my life, they will put on my tombstone: ‘She did not take a government car!
Orengo said he was concerned by what he considers misplaced government priorities.
We weren't seen as American citizens petitioning our government.
[A]ll men have original equal rights which government did not give and cannot justly take away.
It is just settled: you have it, Madam. The French government has been out-generaled.
"The best environment for diplomacy is found where mutual confidence between governments exists..."
The system of government in Pakistan doesn't work. It's corrupt, and the people are tired of it.
War is a convenient fix for government problems if it happens somewhere else. To other people.