Quotes about Government
If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?
— John Adams
We have the best government that money can buy.
— Mark Twain
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
— Ronald Reagan
The money paid at consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers.
— Mike Huckabee
Looking at these issues as a businessman, I believe that investing in the world's poorest people is the smartest way that our government spends money.
— Bill Gates
Paying tax should be framed as a glorious civic duty worthy of gratitude - not a punishment for making money.
— Alain de Botton
The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.
— Abraham Lincoln
If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole reason they exist.
— Stephen Colbert
The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more.
— Will Rogers
If you ask what's best for the country, vote Republican. If you ask how will you get more money from the government, vote Democrat.
— Dennis Prager
We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."
— Joe Biden
'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.
— Lyndon B. Johnson