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Where government is impossible, politics is impossible. — Bernard Crick

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

The author's alliterative description of politics since the 1960 presidential debates: "Government by Gotcha". — David Pietrusza

If political authority is not limited, the division of powers, ordinarily the guarantee of freedom, becomes a danger and a scourge. — Benjamin Constant

Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections. — Winston Churchill

One of the great beauties of politics as an art form was its lack of restriction to merely standard forms of realism. — Bruce Sterling

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today. — DaShanne Stokes

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

The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that — Patricia Schroeder

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them. — Aristophanes

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed. — John Le Carre

The power of a corrupt government is located in the ignorance and indifference of its people - rjs — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

And one by one, senators disgorge from their vessels, tainting this very nice world with the smug and indulgent cloud of politics and government. — Chuck Wendig

Good government is good politics. — Richard J. Daley

Word of the day- kakistocracy. From the Greek meaning government by the worst persons, least qualified or most unprincipled. — Peggy Noonan

Why is there never a headline that says "Government program ends as its intended goal has been achieved"? — Oleg Atbashian

If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it? — Michel Templet

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. — Leonard Bernstein

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. — Winston S. Churchill

The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country. — Kenneth Clarke

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

The war for the Internet has begun. Hollywood is in control of politics. The government is killing innovation. — Kim Dotcom

In the language of politics, there is only one translation for the phrase 'hope and change,' to wit: 'big, fat government.' — P. J. O'Rourke

Voting for the Green Party is how you say 'Up Yours!' to the Republicans and Democrats. — Steven Magee

A patriot fights his government for his people whilst a traitor fights his people for his government — Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

You know, it was only a generation ago that actors couldn't be buried in the churchyard. — Ronald Reagan

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all. — Winfield Scott Hancock

Government activities that are for public consumption are eyewash from the citizens. — Dennis Garvin

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom! — Rick Santorum

As government expands, liberty contracts. — Ronald Reagan

This administration is totally colorblind. — Ronald Reagan

Communicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing. — Steve Kluger

I don't have too much time for fiction. — Ronald Reagan

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

Anything government or politics is always exciting for me. — Peter Jacobson

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. — Mario Cuomo

Politicians are interested in the health of the people like predators savor live prey. — A.E. Samaan

Politics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government. — Harry S. Truman

Democratic government needs parties; parties do not need democracy. — Jacob T. Levy

Start with an honest analysis of why you are in opposition, not in government. — Philip Gould

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. — Mark Twain

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government. — Harold Washington

We trust people's lives to randomly selected juries as the only fair method; should we use any less fair method for a nation or a planet? — Peter J. Carroll

You can study government and politics in school, but the best way to really understand the process is to volunteer your time. — Rob McKenna

Equality cannot be imagined outside of tyranny. — Charles Forbes Rene De Montalembert

As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill. — Thomas Sowell

It is never right for any individual or government to do any vast evil as a means to some hypothetical good. — Leonard Woolf

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

Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview] — Noam Chomsky

Governments represent their citizens in the same way as parasites represent their hosts. — Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski

Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq. — Ahmed Chalabi

Yes, and you should question your government. — Jessica Lange

Government should protect people and regulate corporations, not protect corporations and regulate people. — Anthony Sloan

The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good. — Jonah Goldberg

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people. — Young Jeezy

Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments. — Charles Bukowski

A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. — Max Weber

The care of human life and happiness, and their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of a good government. — Thomas Jefferson

That liberty [is pure] which is to go to all, and not to the few or the rich alone. (to Horatio Gates, 1798) — Thomas Jefferson

The desire to avoid short-term hardships leads to major dislocations in [housing] markets. — Richard A. Epstein

The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it's giving way to something else. — Julian Barnes

In politics you learn how to say A mean to say B, in wisdom you learn how to say A and keep saying that. — Auliq Ice

Every country has the government it deserves. — Joseph De Maistre

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself. — Timothy M. Dolan

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it's an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. — Ezra Klein

No one can take away your Natural Rights, but they can do great damage making you think they can. — J.S.B. Morse

Until you realize how easily it is for your mind to be manipulated, you remain the puppet of someone else's game. — Evita Ochel

Open-market democratic capitalism isn't the best system of government in the world, it just works the best. — John Ringo

Poverty can be brought about by law; it cannot be forbidden by law. — Isabel Paterson

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

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago. — Robert Teeter

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. — Edward R. Murrow

It's all very well to put the government in the hands of the perfect man, but what do you do when the perfect man gets a bellyache? — David Eddings

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests. — P.T. Barnum

Only two things ever stop the government from doing anything: money and politics — Bradley Whitford

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible. — Friedrich August Von Hayek

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government
take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian. — Henry Ford

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again. — Stephen Colbert

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

I think we all have a tendency to feel like, "Well, what can I do? I can't influence the government or politics in my country." — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Making universal prosperity a right is the surest way to universal poverty. — J.S.B. Morse

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. — Thomas Jefferson

The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot — Carlos Marighella

You give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I'll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
(Larry King Live, May 11, 2009) — Jesse Ventura

Only he who has no use for the empire is fit to be entrusted with it. — Zhuangzi

There were so many candidates on the platform that there were not enough promises to go around. — Ronald Reagan

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government. — Jay-Z

[Khrushchev] should get a one-ton medal. — Mao Zedong

I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution. — J.S.B. Morse

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently. — Peter Heather

The objective is to change the system and the behaviour it encourages, rather than replacing 'bad' people with 'good' people. — Owen Jones

The more you can escape from how horrible things really are, the less it's going to bother you ... and then, the worse things get. — Frank Zappa

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program. — George W. Bush

Government corruption made it possible to obtain authentic passports and visas, which were much more reliable than fake ones. — Kenneth Eade

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government. — Thomas Jefferson

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Harming one's unalienable rights in order to serve justice is injustice. — J.S.B. Morse

Remove God from the world of ideas. Remove government, politics from society. Keep sex, humor, utilities. Let private property go. — John Cage

Censorship exists to protect corruption. — Suzy Kassem