Quotes about Government
The consequences arising from the continual accumulation of public debts in other countries ought to admonish us to prevent their growth in our own.
— John Adams
I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.
— Thomas Jefferson
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.
— George Washington
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
— Edmund Burke
The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.
— Malcolm X
Antitrust is the way that the government promotes markets when there are market failures. It has nothing to do with the idea of free information.
— Bill Gates
It is a great privilege, as well as our responsibility, to pray for our government leaders.
— Billy Graham
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?
— Ronald Reagan
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.
— Ronald Reagan
We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.
— Albert Schweitzer
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.
— James Madison
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
— William Howard Taft