Politics and Government Quotes

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master

Taxes are the price that we pay for a civilized society

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers

If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement

The most important political office is that of the private citizen

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished

Liberty is power.

Peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character.

The use of force alone is but temporary.

A great empire and little minds go ill together.