The best Quotes about the Government

People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

V in V for Vendetta

Thor: "Do you see yourself above them?"
Loki: "Oh yes."
Thor: "Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother."

Thor in The Avengers

We're a government that believes in everybody having the illusion of free will.

Anthony Burgess in The Wanting Seed

You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.

William Wallace in Braveheart

Power

Bullets change governments far surer than votes.

Simeon Weisz in Lord of War - Händler des Todes

Weapons Revolution

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

William H. Taft

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

P. J. O'Rourke

Teenagers

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little.

Warren G. Harding

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Mark Twain

Patriotism

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

Milton Friedman

Sand

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

William Inge

The happiness of society is the end of government.

John Adams

Politics Society

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

John Adams

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

David Hume

The state is made for man, not man for the state.

Albert Einstein - Rede zur Genfer Abrüstungskonferenz, 1932

He, who does not correct small faults, shalt not control great ones.

Archon in King's Quest - VIII: The Mask of Eternity

Failures & Mistakes

The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents.

Amos Parrish

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.

George Washington

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War is young men dying and old men talking. You know this. Ignore the politics.

Odysseus in Troy

War Politics

Equations are more important to me, because politics is for the present, but an equation is something for eternity.

Albert Einstein

Mathematics Politics

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

Don Lucchesi in The Godfather - Teil 3

Money Politics

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Lester B. Pearson

Politics

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Politics

Politics have no relation to morals.

Niccoló Machiavelli

Politics Morality

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

Mark Twain

Politics Honesty

You're in politics. You know that no one can claw their way to the top without getting a little dirt under their fingernails.

Victoria Leeds in Baywatch

Politics

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.

Steve Largent

Politics

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Adams

Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.

John Adams

Remember, remember ...the fifth of november

V in V for Vendetta

The day we stop believing democracy can work is the day we lose it.

Jamillia in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Democracy

The only ones who gods care about is themselves.

Gorr in Thor - 4: Love and Thunder

Loki: "I have an army."
Iron Man: "We have a Hulk!"

Iron Man in The Avengers

Hulk

When we pray we admit defeat.

Anthony Burgess in The Wanting Seed

Praying

If you expect the worst from a person you can never be disappointed.

Anthony Burgess in The Wanting Seed

Every man dies, not every man really lives.

William Wallace in Braveheart

Life

Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

Uncle Ben in Spider-Man

Power Responsibility Strength

The problem with dating dream girls is that they have a tendency to become real.

Yuri Orlov in Lord of War - Händler des Todes

Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap.

Albert Einstein

Humanity Weapons Nuclear Weapons

Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Power Revolution

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

William H. Taft

Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture.

P. J. O'Rourke

Miami Tel Aviv

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

Joanne K. Rowling

Internet Teenagers

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights.

Warren G. Harding

Enemies & Opponents

A kiss is something you need both hands for.

Mark Twain

Kissing Hands

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

Muammar al-Gaddafi

Patriotism

When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.

Milton Friedman

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Jean Paul Getty

Life Birthday Age Sand

The soul is dyed with the color of its leisure thoughts.

William Inge

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Isaac Asimov

Knowledge Society Science Wisdom

The best Quotes about the Government

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