Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

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

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments‘ plans.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Politicians love regulating. That’s part of the whole power structure.

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

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

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

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.

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.

There’s no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, ‚The government’s corrupt,‘ and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

One of the peculiarities of Delhi is that the term ‚reform‘ is associated only with passing of laws in Parliament. In fact, the most important reforms are those needed, without new laws, at various level of the government, in work practices and procedures.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

All impeachments, I guess, are political.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

A radical generally meant a man who thought he could somehow pull up the root without affecting the flower. A conservative generally meant a man who wanted to conserve everything except his own reason for conserving anything.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‚Gee, isn’t that wonderful?‘

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.

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people’s trust in their government.

Democracy… is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Where there is a free government, and the people make their own laws by their representatives, I see no injustice in their obliging one another to take their own paper money.

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

The government has completed the entire process to do away with interviews for lower rank jobs. There will be no requirement of interview for Group D,C and B non-gazetted posts in central government.

I do have a political agenda. It’s to have as few regulations as possible.

Washington isn’t a city, it’s an abstraction.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

I think governments can’t do much.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

Some people will have to be afraid. Those who plunder the nation, deliver injustice, will have to feel scared of me. And I am not afraid of admitting this. Government cannot be so lenient that it forgives them.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

When I was president, I announced and I still maintain that I can live with Roe v. Wade. I did everything I possibly could as president under that ruling, which I don’t think ought to be changed, to minimize the need for abortions. I think every abortion is a result of a horrible series of errors on the part of people involved.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in government, you can do that in a nonprofit, and you can do it in commercial enterprise.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.