Government Quotations

Quotations relating to government.

Showing 73 through 77 of 77 quotations in this category.

"Crippling of individuals [is what] I consider the worst evil of capitalism."

-Albert Einstein

"We currently have a government planning to go to Mars, heal broken marriages, and build bridges to nowhere - and also one that cannot wage a war competently, cannot respond to a hurricane adequately, and cannot enforce borders. Is it too much to ask that it get the basic things right before embarking on grandiose schemes?"

-Andrew Sullivan

"The Democrats' biggest foe isn't conservatives or the religious right, but their deep, ingrained assumption that human rationality will win the day over human nature."

-ZZ Packer

"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."

-William Proxmire

"Civilization is a slow process of adopting the ideas of minorities."

-unknown