Quotes about Government
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
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
— Samuel Johnson
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
— Thomas Jefferson
It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.
— Aristotle
It's man's nature to abuse knowledge and power, be it in the realm of science, government, or Wall Street. Take God out of the picture, and you have real trouble.
— Frank Peretti
Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government.
— Grover Cleveland
Civil government is an ordinance of God, to conserve the civil peace of a people, so far as concerns their bodies and goods.
— Roger Williams
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
— James A. Garfield
The admitted right of a government to prevent the influx of elements hostile to its internal peace and security may not be questioned, even where there is not treaty stipulation on the subject.
— Grover Cleveland
Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.
— Ronald Reagan
There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Man is by nature a political animal.
— Aristotle