I think whenever something is – whenever there’s something that affects the public good, then there does need to be some form of public oversight.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Philanthropy should be voluntary.

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don’t.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

The good of the people is the greatest law.

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

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

That government is best which governs least.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument, and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with the right metrics, it will fall into not doing things very well.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won’t make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa – and it’s about getting a balance.

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

Men and women may form associations for and among themselves and be governed by stipulations that are mutually acceptable.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy is a daring concept – a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Capital is reckless of the health or length of life of the laborer, unless under compulsion from society.

I just feel like, with rappers, there’s so much complacency. It’s like, ‚Oh, I’m a rapper. I’m successful. I make money. That’s all that matters.‘ But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn’t enough and you have to go and get shot or something.

These days there is a lot of poverty in the world, and that’s a scandal when we have so many riches and resources to give to everyone. We all have to think about how we can become a little poorer.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish – too much handling will spoil it.

The idea that you encourage companies to take their innovative thinkers and think about the most needy – even beyond the market opportunities – that’s something that appropriately ought to be done.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

It is pretty ironic that the so-called ‚least advanced‘ people are the ones taking the lead in trying to protect all of us, while the richest and most powerful among us are the ones who are trying to drive the society to destruction.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

I’m a singer, not a politician, and I think you don’t want the two to get confused. It’s not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

States are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions.

There is too much government today. We’ve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

This country is being managed to death, being public related to death.

The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.

I don’t write policy for my government.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.