Quotes about Government
There is existing in man, a mass of sense lying in a dormant state. The construction of government ought to be such as to bring forward, by a quiet and regular operation, all that extent of capacity.
— Thomas Paine
It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.
— Gordon Hinckley
If America is to survive, we must elect more God-centered men and women to public office; individuals who will seek Divine guidance in the affairs of state.
— Billy Graham
We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
No government on earth can make men, who have realized freedom in their hearts, salute against their will.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The world of men show like a comedy without laughter: populations, interests, government, history; 't is all toy figures in a toyhouse.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is it not possible that an individual may be right and a government wrong? Are laws to be enforced simply because they were made? Or declared by any number of men to be good, if they are NOT good?
— Henry David Thoreau
Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it not possible to take a step further towardsrecognizing and organizing the rights of man?
— Henry David Thoreau
If men were angels, there would be no need of government.
— James Madison
The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will individually feel in whatever concerns the government.
— James Madison
No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.'
— John Adams
[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.
— John Adams