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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or in other words a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read and say and eat and drink and wear.

» Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor

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.

» Thomas B. Macaulay (1800-1859) British historian, whig politician, essayist and poet

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

I have no ambition to govern men. It is a painful and thankless office

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

No man will ever bring out of the Presidency the reputation which carries him into it.

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

» Tony Blair (1953-?) English Politician

I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you start at your most popular and least capable, and you end at your most capable and least popular.

» Tony Blair (1953-?) English Politician

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.

» Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist ['To the lighthouse', 'Mrs Dalloway', 'Orlando']

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

» Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist ['To the lighthouse', 'Mrs Dalloway', 'Orlando']

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.

» Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

» Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet

We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.

» Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

» Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) British philosopher

Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

» Thomas Mann (1875-1955) German author[Nobel Prize in literature in 1919]

But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.

» Tony Blair (1953-?) English Politician

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

» Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) British novelist and essayist ['To the lighthouse', 'Mrs Dalloway', 'Orlando']

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