Government Politics Quotes

Government Politics Quote of the day

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

It is easier to run a revolution than a government.

Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago.

They have done what they like. Their difficulty is to like what they have done.

The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control.

When will government cease being a nuisance to everybody?

The excellence of every government is its adaptation to the state of those to be governed by it.

We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.

Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.

Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis.

Politics doesn't work. Look at the parts of America where government has had the most power, where government has spent the most money. Look at the housing projects we've got the poor people in.

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

Politics is a delicate business. I understand that well. But if a party is not willing to stand up for what is right, does it deserve to win back control of the government?

I don't have too much time for fiction.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

Yes, and you should question your government.

Anything government or politics is always exciting for me.

Government is the agent of those who are too refined to do their own mugging.

[Obamacare] has to be enforced because nobody wants it. This is the nature of progressive government they don't care if it's not good for you. It's good for them.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.

In politics experiments means revolutions.

Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics.

Leaders who do not help the people must be replaced by the people.

Politicians are interested in the health of the people like predators savor live prey.