Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.
The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs.
Micro managing anything is not a great role for government.
Rights come from God, not from government.
I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.
By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
Distrust of government isn't baseless cynicism. It's realism.
I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.
No government is safe unless fortified by goodwill.
I think governments can't do much.
It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.
Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.
There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems.
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.
This government has always said increasing pay is something for something.
In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office.
