#good government

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. ↗

— Huey Long

#get #going #good #good government #government

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

#elections #good #good government #government #look

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#build #good #good government #government #great

Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

#among #any #beyond #boards #choking

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

#another #bread #close #earned #free

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ↗

— James Bovard

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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. ↗

— Dean Inge

#enjoyed #ever #good #good government #government

All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#add #aid #aims #artificial #consequences

Good ideas are the backbone of good government. ↗

— Brian Schweitzer

#good #good government #good ideas #government #ideas

Good government is good politics. ↗

— Richard J. Daley

#good government #government #politics