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| Government Quotes | No. | Quotation | Last Name | First Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A state which is incompetent to satisfy different races condemns itself; a state which does not include them is destitute of the chief basis of self-government. The theory of nationality, therefore, is a retrograde step in history. | Acton | Lord |
| 2 | As the happiness of the people is the sole end of government, so the consent of the people is the only foundation of it, in reason, morality, and the natural fitness of things. | Adams | John |
| 3 | The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles. | Adams | John |
| 4 | When any of the four pillars of the government, religion, justice, counsel, and treasure, are mainly shaken or weakened, men have need to pray for fair weather. | Bacon | Francis |
| 5 | Political rule is so natural and necessary to the human race that it cannot be withdrawn without destroying nature itself; for the nature of man is such that he is a social animal. | Bellarmine | Robert |
| 6 | The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau. | Byrnes | James F. |
| 7 | In the long run every goverment is the exact symbol of its people, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like people like goverment. | Carlyle | Thomas |
| 8 | 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. | Carlyle | Thomas |
| 9 | He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for the laboring poor. | Cleveland | Grover |
| 10 | No government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. | Disraeli | Benjamin |
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