“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” – Thomas Jefferson
“Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is inefficiency. An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty.” – Eugene McCarthy
“A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits.” – Thomas Jefferson
“In the end, government is about trust.” – Barack Obama
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.” – Ronald Reagan
“Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.” – Honoré de Balzac
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” – Thomas Paine
“Good government is like a good recipe—simple, balanced, and effective.” – Unknown
“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.” – Thomas Sowell
“A good government protects its citizens; a great government empowers them.” – Unknown
“The government’s power comes from the people, and it is the people who must hold it accountable.” – Unknown
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.” – Winston Churchill
“Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.” – Ronald Reagan
“A government that does not trust its citizens is unworthy of their trust.” – Unknown
“A government must be judged by how it treats the most vulnerable in society.” – Nelson Mandela
“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. Both are created for the benefit of the people.” – Henry Clay
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” – Thomas Jefferson
“The true measure of a democracy is not in its institutions but in the participation of its citizens.” – Unknown
“Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible.” – Javier Pascual Salcedo
“A good government is one that makes itself unnecessary.” – Wilhelm von Humboldt
“The government is a reflection of the people it serves.” – Unknown
“A government of laws, and not of men.” – John Adams
“To govern is to choose.” – Pierre Mendès France
“The people in power always try to make sure that power stays in their hands.” – David Brin
“Governments exist to protect the rights of the minority as well as the majority.” – Unknown
“Good governance is the foundation of any prosperous society.” – Unknown
“It is not the responsibility of the government to make us happy but to create the conditions for happiness.” – Unknown
“When government becomes a lawbreaker, it invites every man to become a law unto himself.” – Louis D. Brandeis
“The function of government is to protect the individual rights of its citizens.” – Ayn Rand
“He who opens a school door closes a prison.” – Victor Hugo
“Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” – Declaration of Independence
“A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some.” – Thurgood Marshall
“A government is for the people, by the people—not just a few of the people.” – Unknown
“The strength of a nation lies in the integrity of its leaders.” – Confucius
“Corruption is the enemy of progress in good government.” – Unknown
“Governments may rise and fall, but the spirit of the people endures.” – Unknown
“The ultimate authority in a democracy is the people, not the government.” – Unknown
“Governments should be afraid of their people, not the other way around.” – Alan Moore
“Good government is not about power but about service.” – Unknown
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan
“The role of government is to serve, not to control.” – Unknown
“Government without transparency is tyranny in disguise.” – Unknown
“The best way to reform government is from within.” – Unknown
“True democracy is not about elections but about the involvement of its citizens.” – Unknown
“The stability of a government lies in its ability to adapt and reform.” – Unknown
“No government can sustain itself without the trust of its people.” – Unknown
“The greatness of a government is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” – Unknown
“Accountability is the cornerstone of good governance.” – Unknown
“Government is a necessary evil; it must always be watched and checked.” – Unknown