A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
Larry Ellison

Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios.
Bill Owens

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
Bill Owens

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
Dale Dauten

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.
Jonathan Mayhew

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
James Russell Lowell

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.
Jorge Luis Borges

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Sydney J. Harris


Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P. J. O'Rourke

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there.
P. J. O'Rourke

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.
Jonathan Swift

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke

Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.
Ayn Rand

Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.
Dirk Kempthorne

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.
Henry Clay

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.
Fred Woodworth

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington