Government Quotes

Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.

Elias Boudinot

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Sir Winston Churchill

The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - The principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

William Orville Douglas

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government is to live under the government of worse men.

Plato, The Republic

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of the citizens to give to the other.

Voltaire