While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. John Adams Government
All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. Iain Duncan Smith Government
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. Clement Attlee Government
If you live in a place that you perceive to be a crowded place, you appreciate government; you see it as this thing that protects you against crime, that keeps order, that makes sure that nobody puts a massage parlor next to your house, that keeps other people's dogs from pooping on the sidewalk. Gail Collins Government
America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays out of the way and lets individuals take risks and reap rewards or accept the consequences of failure. We call this capitalism - or, at least, we used to. Larry Elder Government
We must remember that democracy works when given time to develop, mature and deliver. People must have access to information for informed debate. Government institutions must treat citizens fairly, and with dignity, while responding to their needs. Atifete Jahjaga Government
The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Government
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. Voltaire Government
The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation. Woodrow Wilson Government
Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government. Paul Ryan Government
It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government. Robert Jackson Government
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams Government
The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free. The reason why we have a national defense is to protect our freedoms. Grover Norquist Government
Get government out of our way, and let freedom and the spirit of the American people shine through. Luis Fortuno Government
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form. John Jay Hooker Government
We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people. Christopher Reeve Government
A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. Dean Inge Government
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government. Bruce Schneier Government
To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent. John Lynch Government
But the federal government, our collective government, has responsibilities that none of these other levels of government can fulfill; and chief among these is national defense. Don Nickles Government
Where there is a will there is a way. And this must be the way not of compulsion but of cooperation... No government and no plan can succeed without it. Lionel Murphy Government