Quotes about Government
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
— George Washington
I hope we can continue to find ways to encourage integrity in all aspects of government operations
— Ben Carson
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
— Woodrow Wilson
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
— Calvin Coolidge
As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it.
— John Adams
Purity of morals is the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.
— George Washington
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
— Samuel Johnson
The care of the public health is the first duty of the statesman.
— Benjamin Disraeli
No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
— Thomas Jefferson
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
— George Washington
No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income.
— Ronald Reagan