Government is best which governs least — Thomas Paine
All government is, in its essence, organized exploitation, and in virtually all of its existing forms it is the implacable enemy of every industrious and well-disposed man. — H. L. Mencken
A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible. — Tom Hayden
As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free. — Charlie Chaplin
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its citizens to kill. — Helen Prejean
Short Anti Government Quotes
The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry. — William F. Buckley
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. — Edward Abbey
The government - they're completely useless. — Chamath Palihapitiya
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger. — Confucius
Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. — Edmund Burke
The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. — Milton Friedman
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. — Voltaire
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists. — Jeane Kirkpatrick
Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. — H. L. Mencken
Anti Government Image Quotes
Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.
Anti Authority Quotes
The study of theology, as it stands in Christian churches, is the study of nothing; it is founded on nothing; it rests on no principles; it proceeds by no authorities; it has no data; it can demonstrate nothing; and it admits of no conclusion. — Thomas Paine
It is manifestly vital to the success of the anti-slavery cause, that the authority and influence of proslavery, especially of slaveholding, ministers should be destroyed. — Gerrit Smith
The idea of authority, and therefore the respect for authority, is an anti-Semitic notion. It is in Catholicism, in Christianity, in the very teachings of Jesus that it finds at once its lay and its religious consecration. — Kadmi Cohen
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
As president, I will appoint tough, independent authorities to strengthen anti-trust enforcement and really scrutinize mergers and acquisitions, so the big don't keep getting bigger and bigger. — Hillary Clinton
Capitalism’s concept of competitive man who seeks only to maximize wealth and power, who subjects himself to market relationships, to exploitation and external authority, is anti-human and intolerable in the deepest sense — Noam Chomsky
Suddenly, I was thirty, very unhappy entertaining people in their forties, and here came a group of people in their teens and twenties who had similar anti-authority problems and similar dreams and wishes, hopes for mankind. So I gravitated toward them. — George Carlin
Love your country, but never trust its government.
I am very pro-union and very anti-authority by nature, so by showing the housekeepers and valets, I was being loyal to those people - those workers. I'm glad that the service industry unionized. — Jacob Tomsky
Baby boomers helped me a great deal in my career. They launched me. They were there for me to sing my song to. And I'm not saying I'm better than anyone, but I think they turned that anti-authority baby boom mentality into their own enemy. Now I identify very closely with their children. — George Carlin
The deceitful misquoting of scientists to suit an anti-scientific agenda ranks among the many unchristian habits of fundamentalist authors. — Richard Dawkins
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority. — John Leguizamo
Free Government Quotes
Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must include freeing of the American media and government from subservient Jewish interests. — David Duke
No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign states. It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else . . . — Kwame Nkrumah
A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. — Alexander Hamilton
The government will one day be corrput and filled with liars and the people will flock to the one who tells the truth.
In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns. — Benjamin Franklin
How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion. — Thomas Hobbes
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite. — Ronald Reagan
The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself... Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable.
No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people. — Thomas Paine
I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. — John Tyler
I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind. — John Diefenbaker
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. — John Adams
Evil Government Quotes
There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our constitution. — John Adams
Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong. — Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil. — James Monroe
Governments don't want a population capable of critical thinkng. They want obedient workers, people just smart enough to run the machines and just dumb enough to passively accept their situation.
I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress. — Robert Kennedy
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. — Andrew Jackson
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. — Thomas Paine
The government's first duty is to protect the people.
The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. — Ludwig von Mises
The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst. — J. Edgar Hoover
The chief evil is unlimited government, and nobody is qualified to wield unlimited power. — Friedrich August von Hayek
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world. — Millard Fillmore
Bad Government Quotes
My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government. — Idi Amin
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. — Benjamin Franklin
Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social. — Thomas Hobbes
If there is no justice for the people, there be no peace for the government.
To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying. — Richard Henry Lee
It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion. — Warren Rudman
A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government. — Joseph Story
A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own government.
To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals. — Mark Twain
A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason. — Noah Webster
The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed. — Nigel Farage
It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption. — Jean-Baptiste Say
Big Government Quotes
Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. — Ronald Reagan
People say, 'The government couldn't carry out the September 11th attack, it's too big, they'd get caught!' They DID get caught! They're just counting on you to be dumb and to go along with it. — Alex Jones
History will judge societies and governments - and their institutions - not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless. — Cesar Chavez
The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from government.
Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry. — Unknown Author
The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. — Thomas Jefferson
A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. — Gerald R. Ford
The duty of a true Patriot is to protect his country from its government.
The FBI has always supported big business and big government. — Leonard Peltier
Our corporate executives speculate with their shareholders’ assets because they get big personal rewards when they win—and even if they lose, they are often bailed out with public funds by obedient politicians. We privatize profit and socialize risk. — Edward O. Thorp
Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity. — Paul Ryan
Shouldn't someone tag Mr. Kennedy's bold new imaginative program with its proper age? Under the tousled boyish haircut is still old Karl Marx - first launched a century ago. There is nothing new in the idea of a Government being Big Brother. — Ronald Reagan
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded. — Baron de Montesquieu
The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. — Hugo Black
The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. — Thomas Jefferson
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other. — Thomas Jefferson
I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man. — Thomas Jefferson
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. — Frank Herbert
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. — Mother Teresa
The anti-slavery party contend that slavery is wrong in itself, and the Government is a consolidated national democracy. We of the South contend that slavery is right, and that this is a confederate Republic of sovereign States. — Laurence M. Keitt
Lokpal Bill alone is not adequate to fight corruption. We need a comprehensive anti-corruption code in this country. The UPA Government has developed a powerful anti-corruption frame work consisting of eight new Central laws...... This is not about one Bill, this is about a frame work and we want to deliver that frame work to the country — Rahul Gandhi
In America, we have anti-nepotism laws in the federal government and in lots of state governments, because the practice of hiring relatives undermines public confidence that the government official is actually finding best person for the job. — Kathleen Clark
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington
Only in time of fear is government thrown back to its primitive and sole function of self-defense and the many interests of which it is the guardian become subordinate to that. — Jane Addams
Marijuana is the finest anti-nausea medication known to science, and our leaders have lied about this consistently. [Arresting people for] medical marijuana is the most hideous example of government interference in the private lives of individuals. It's an outrage within an outrage within an outrage. — Peter McWilliams
Those advocates who work for world peace by urging a system of world government are called impractical dreamers. Those impractical dreamers are entitled to ask their critics what is so practical about war. — Walter Cronkite
Whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist for mass murder. — Karl Hess
When poverty declines, the need for government declines, which is why expecting government to solve poverty is like expecting a tobacco company to mount an aggressive anti-smoking campaign. — Stefan Molyneux
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. — George Washington
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. — Howard Zinn
Those who are asking for more government interference are asking ultimately for more compulsion and less freedom. — Ludwig von Mises
On July 4 we celebrate government of the people, by the people, and for the people, or as they are now called, corporations. — Andy Borowitz
I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should I be, to allow these babies Black, white and brown, to fight Israel's war, because Zionists dominate the government of the United States of America and her banking system. — Louis Farrakhan
I have sworn upon the altar of god. — Thomas Jefferson
Unfortunately, President Obama's failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it. — Marco Rubio
We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans. — William J. Clinton
A free government with an uncontrolled power of military conscription is the most ridiculous and abominable contradiction and nonsense that ever entered into the heads of men. — Daniel Webster
In some places - particularly in Asia and Europe - you often see anti-government graffiti, seditious slogans, banners, leaflets, in certain neighbourhoods. The idea is that rather than wait for an explosion to occur from a bomb, it would be useful to gather intelligence on the location of these incidents. — Kim Rossmo
Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition, since most of the political parties were anti-Congress. To have a coalition, to run a coalition government, you require a lot of adjustments, a lot of flexibility. — Pranab Mukherjee
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. — George Washington
David and Charles Koch are pretty much as far right as you can get on the ideological spectrum without falling off. They are far right libertarians, very anti-government, very pro-business, very anti-tax, anti-regulatory, in favour of free markets ruling the day. — Jane Mayer
For an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man. — Thomas Jefferson
In your reaction to an imagined attack on your country or an insult to its government, you draw closer to the herd for protection, you conform in word and deed, and you insist vehemently that everybody else shall think, speak, and act together. And you fix your adoring gaze upon the State, with a truly filial look, as upon the Father of the flock. — Randolph Bourne
The rebel army in Libya is just like 1,000 guys in Toyota trucks. The world is asking the question; can 1000 anti-government guys in pick-up trucks with small arms, take over a country of millions? To which I say, ask the Teabaggers. — Bill Maher
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. — Thomas Jefferson
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. — J. William Fulbright
Imperialism is an institution under which one nation asserts the right to seize the land or at least to control the government or resources of another people. — John T. Flynn
There are even more fatalities from cirrhoses of the liver [than automobiles], yet Congress has not once mentioned outfitting us all with anti- alcohol equipment. — Patrick Bedard
My faith is that the only soul a man must save is his own. — William O. Douglas
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson
It always seems to me when the anti-suffrage members of the Government criticise militancy in women that it is very like beasts of prey reproaching the gentler animals who turn in desperate resistance when at the point of death. — Emmeline Pankhurst
Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world. — Dianne Feinstein
This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life. — Kathleen Turner
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