#government

Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not. ↗

— Anna Howard Shaw

#either #else #form #government #now

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#always #depend #government #paul #pay

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#corrupt #democracy #election #few #form

Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to do anything about it. That's the reality, not George Bush's revisionist history! ↗

— Mark Shields

#anything #bush #death #election #formation

The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#expressed #first #first step #government #happened

The American citizen must be made aware that today a relatively small group of people is proclaiming its purposes to be the will of the People. That elitist approach to government must be repudiated. ↗

— William E. Simon

#american citizen #approach #aware #citizen #elitist

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. ↗

— Peter Singer

#behave #better #citizens #could #dark

I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#doctrine #government #i #i believe #i believe that

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government. ↗

— Gerrit Smith

#government #i #i believe #i believe that #people

Rome was great in arms, in government, in law. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#government #great #law #rome