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When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own read more

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

by Winston Churchill Found in: Government Quotes,
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Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
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Despotism tempered by assassination, that is our Magna Carta.
[Fr., Le despotisme tempere par l'assassinat, c'est notre magna
charta.]

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A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

by Boris Yeltsin Found in: Government Quotes,
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So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

by Francis Bacon Found in: Government Quotes,
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Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

Government is a kind of legalized pillage.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Government Quotes,
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If read more

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it

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I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

by John Bright Found in: Government Quotes,
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Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves

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