Quotes About:  Government

Barry Goldwater 

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.

James Russell Lowell 

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

John Kenneth Galbraith 

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

James Madison 

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Abraham Lincoln 

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.

Will Rogers 

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

Andrew Jackson 

The individual who refuses to defend his rights when called by his government deserves to be a slave, and must be punished as an enemy of his country and a friend to her foe

Andrew Jackson 

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments

Barry Goldwater 

A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.

Will Rogers 

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?