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Quotations by Subject: Government
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There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.: Bob Wells
Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.: Chester Bowles (1901 - 1986)
After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.: Fred Thompson, Speech before the Commonwealth Club of California
You know what's interesting about Washington? It's the kind of place where second-guessing has become second nature.: George W. Bush (1946 - ), Speech on May 17, 2002
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.: Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959
You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.: Richard M. Nixon (1913 - 1994)
So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Hansard, November 12, 1936
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.: Tom Robbins (1936 - )
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), quoted in Saturday Review, Aug. 25, 1962
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.: William H. Borah


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