"I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other." - Napoleon BonaparteTweet
"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is." - Thomas JeffersonTweet
"So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done." - Thomas JeffersonTweet
"It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS." - Lucy PowellTweet
"Now, I learned soon enough, that among the three, two don't trust the third one - the third one is the government. Both industry and unions feel the government is a talking organization and a spending organization." - Shimon PeresTweet
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark TwainTweet
"We have the best government that money can buy." - Mark TwainTweet
"Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such as employment. But beyond this, to as great an extent as possible, it should get the hell out of the way." - Jesse VenturaTweet
"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it." - Thomas SowellTweet
"There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons." - Ehud OlmertTweet