quote: government

  • One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. – Plato

  • Bush gave an interview and he said people will vote for him because ‘They’ve seen me weep, they’ve seen me laugh, and they’ve seen me hug.’ These are the same qualifications for a Tickle Me Elmo. – Bill Maher

  • Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. – P. J. O’Rourke

  • It may be true that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country. – Will Durant

  • Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. – Douglas Adams

  • A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. – P. J. O’Rourke

  • A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. – George Bernard Shaw

  • Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few, or of several, those principles of human nature which imply that government is at all necessary, imply that those persons will make use of them to defeat the very end for…