#government

Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials. ↗

— Thomas Frank

#government #politics #republican #elections

We have to have the faithful in government. ↗

— Katherine Harris

#government

I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things. ↗

— John Bolton

#bureaucracy #different #different things #done #government

For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. ↗

— Theresa May

#delivers #government #matters #them #voters

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise. ↗

— Mia Love

#beyond #education #ever #far #government

My gut tells me and continues to tell me that the Conservative party is on a road back to government. ↗

— Peter MacKay

#conservative #conservative party #continues #government #gut

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. ↗

— James Madison

#both #farce #government #information #means

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. ↗

— James Madison

#burdens #declared #fruits #government #instead

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. ↗

— James Madison

#controls #external #govern #government #greatest

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for 'Strictly Come Dancing' than voted in the general election. ↗

— John Major

#allegedly #come #complete #dancing #disillusionment