Government Quotes

That government is best which governs least. - From Civil Disobedience.

Henry David Thoreau

During these times, when crazy people are running the government, all you can do is laugh.

Bill McKenney, Speech to the Harvard Antimony Society, August 15, 2005

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

Herbert Clark Hoove

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Harry S Truman, Lecture at Columbia University, 28 Apr. 1959

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

Ronald Reagan