Quotes about government
575 quotes from 235 people
- PSPublilius Syrus101–101 BCSentences, Maxim 407
In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.
The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
Tacitus55–120Annals (117), Book III, 27What is today supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.
Tacitus55–120Annals (117), Book XI, 24
William Howard Taft1857–1930Address at a banquet given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., May 8, 1909.; found in Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft, vol. 1, chapter 7, p. 82 (1910).
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (2007), p. 162To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013The Downing Street Years (1993), pp. 7-8- Margaret Thatcher1925–2013TV interview for Thames TV This Week (5 February 1976)
- Margaret Thatcher1925–2013The Bruges Speech (20 September 1988)
I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.
Peter Thielborn 1967In an article published by Cato Unbound (April 13, 2009)The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862“Slavery in Massachusetts” (1854)- Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Civil Disobedience (1849)
I am as desirous of being a good neighbor as I am of being a bad subject.