The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

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.

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.

The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery.

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

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

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

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

I don’t follow politics much.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

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

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren’t supposed to make money!

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, ‚We, the people.‘

I think Pebble Beach is kind of a unique place on the planet.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

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

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

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

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

I’ll never tell a lie. I’ll never make a misleading statement. I’ll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I’ll never avoid a controversial issue.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers‘ money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

Ken Lay, the disgraced former chairman of Enron, found a way to escape his legal problems: He died after being convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.

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

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

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

Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame.

The FBI should not be a political body.

The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

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

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending – that’s the whole point! Seriously.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

If we could do high-speed rail in California just half a notch above what they’ve done on the Shanghai line in China, and if we had a straight path from L.A. to San Francisco, as well as the milk run, at least that would be progress.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.