Government Quotes

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel or envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

I didn't come to Washington to be loved and I haven't been disappointed.

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Where there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.

Government does not tax to get the money it needs; government always finds a need for the money it gets.

If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.

Are you entitled to the fruits of your labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend?

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.

A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

As government expands, liberty contracts.