Government Quotes

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Abraham Lincoln Quote - The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next. Free

Abraham Lincoln

The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.

Adam Smith Quote - Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all. Free

Adam Smith

Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all.

Adam Smith Quote - Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency. Free

Adam Smith

Fear is in almost all cases a wretched instrument of government, and ought in particular never to be employed against any order of men who have the smallest pretensions to independency.

Mark Twain Quote - Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. Free

Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

Helen Keller Quote - The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. Free

Helen Keller

The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor.

Abraham Lincoln Quote - No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. Free

Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.

Adam Smith Quote - There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people. Free

Adam Smith

There is no art which government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people.

Abraham Lincoln Quote - You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. Free

Abraham Lincoln

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.

Adam Smith Quote - As soon as government management begins it upsets the natural equilibrium of industrial relations, and each interference only requires further bureaucratic control until the end is the tyranny of the totalitarian state. Free

Adam Smith

As soon as government management begins it upsets the natural equilibrium of industrial relations, and each interference only requires further bureaucratic control until the end is the tyranny of the totalitarian state.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. Free

Alexander Hamilton

Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals, for the most part governed by the impulse of passion.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - The government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions – a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism- the last, of liberty. Free

Alexander Hamilton

The government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions – a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism- the last, of liberty.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. Free

Alexander Hamilton

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible. Free

Alexander Hamilton

If we must have an enemy at the head of government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience. Free

Alexander Hamilton

Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.

Alice Paul Quote - We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote. Free

Alice Paul

We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.

Ambrose Bierce Quote - In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. Free

Ambrose Bierce

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Alexander Hamilton Quote - Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives. Free

Alexander Hamilton

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quote - When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future. Free

Arnold Schwarzenegger

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

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