A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government.
Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments.
Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.
Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.
The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.
A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient.
If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also.
Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done a whole lie on all the other benign drugs as well. It became clear to me that the government wanted n...
People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.
The Tea Party elites believe government is evil. Everything about government is bad, and they blame all problems, even non-economic problems, problems that were caused by the private sector, on government.
Crawling out of the flophouse I saw the mayor stealing my junk I doth protest, citizen's arrest Now my body's in his trunk Where's the shadow government when you need it? Where's the shadow government? It's a bad, bad world!
Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works.
Libertarians believe that any government interference is bad. Anyone with a brain knows that climate change needs governmental leadership, and they can smell this is bad news for their philosophy. Their ideology is so strongly held that, remarkably, ...
The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
You govern people, you do good and bad things. If you don't have guts to do bad, then step aside.
When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
