Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
The viewpoint of the government is that the people must have full access to all information worldwide.
The government only makes restrictive rules, they don't show you what to do so you know, OK, here's where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens.
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.
I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.
The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
Acquire a government over your ideas, that they may come down when they are called, and depart when they are bidden.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
The intensity of your desire governs the power with which the force is directed.
All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.
It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.
Government should protect people and regulate corporations, not protect corporations and regulate people.
In America, disagreement with the policies of the government does not necessitate a lack of patriotism!
Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.
The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes.
