government Quotes

One of the things the government can’t do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us.

Do we believe that the goal of government is to promote equal opportunity for all Americans to make the most of their lives? Or, do we now believe that government’s role is to equalize the results of peoples lives?

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it’s all checks and no balances.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Government’s first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.