Famous Quotes

"A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves."

Grover Cleveland on Government

More quotes about Government

• "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

• "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

  Winston Churchill on Government

• "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

• "Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

  George Washington on Government

• "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."

  Thomas Paine on Government

More quotes by Grover Cleveland

• "Though the people support the government the government should not support the people."

• "The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people."

• "Communism is a hateful thing, and a menace to peace and organized government."

• "A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil."

• "A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves."