Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. "

Related Quotes:

" We need a government that does not give in to a globalist agenda, an agenda I am now convinced seeks to bring American as a sovereign nation and the middle class to their knees. "

" Short of a space-alien invasion or an Oklahoma tornado, there is almost no problem that a democracy can tackle in a year. But that isn't why we have a government. We have a government to solve the problems that greedy, short-sighted businessmen like me can't. "

" We eliminated the monarchy. We put limits on how long one person could lead our country and on the powers they held while in office. We took differences of opinion seriously - in fact, we built them into the fabric of our government. "

" The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations. "

" What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? "

" Making recess appointments when the Senate isn't in recess is neither rational nor moderate. It's a raw misuse of executive power by a president whose love of government is his most vulnerable spot with the electorate. "

" Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty. "

" We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. "

" I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. "

" In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? "

Saint Augustine

" The laws given on Mount Sinai for the government of man and woman were equal; the precepts of Jesus make no distinction. "

" If we're the country that makes Amazon and Facebook and Twitter, why can't the federal government have websites and digital services that are awesome? "

" Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

" Fear is the foundation of most governments. "

" The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government. "

" Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. "

" Many of our advances in science and technology were seeded through government. "

Valerie Jarrett

" During intervals of humanity, some disposition has been manifested to permit the return of those who have never offended, who have been banished by a terror which the government itself has reprobated, & to permit in case of arrestation, an investigation of the fact of emigration as well as of the identity of the person accus'd. "

" Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in American political tradition is the man who stands up to the mob - not the mob itself. "

" For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

" I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it. "

" We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. "

" All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. "

William Henry Harrison

" History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. "

" I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government. The one thing that's missing, but that will soon be developed, is a reliable e-cash - a method whereby on the Internet you can transfer funds from A to B without A knowing B or B knowing A. "

Milton Friedman

" By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. "

John Maynard Keynes

" Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. "

" Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile. "

William Lyon Mackenzie King

" The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. "

" In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war. "