Home / Topics / Government Quotes

Government Quotes

Browse 15620 quotes about Government.

Government Quotes

“Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless -- mass to be manipulated at will. It is as though people were incidental to a nation rather than its very life-blood.”

People Humans States Government Nations Seeing Blood Citizens Mass Tyrants Helpless Components Mindless Faceless

Book:Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings

Source: Freedom from Fear: And Other Writings

“Recent school shootings have lured ill-informed Americans into a war on our Second Amendment guarantees, led by the nation's tyrants and their useful idiots. ... The Second Amendment was given to us as protection against tyranny by the federal government and the Congress of the United States.”

“Adding an overarching tier of tyrants - the EU - to European governments has benefited Europeans as a second hangman enhances the health of a condemned man.”

Men Government Tyrants Hangman

Author:Ilana Mercer

“Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

Source: God in the Dock

“In the long run even the most despotic governments with all their brutality and cruelty are no match for ideas. Eventually the ideology that has won the support of the majority will prevail and cut the ground from under the tyrant's feet. Then the oppressed many will rise in rebellion and overthrow their masters.”

Long Ideas Government Running Support Cutting Feet Masters Majority Cruelty Ideology Rebellion Tyrants Long Runs Oppressed Brutality

Book:An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution: The Economist

Source: An Interpretation of Social and Economic Evolution: The Economist

“Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action.”

Men Use Government Action Theory Program Independence Philosopher Practicals Tyrants Documents Declaration Whips Declaration Of Independence Thesis

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence

“In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the following from Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.”

People Matter Reason Government Lasts Masters Arms Bears Protect Gun Notes Following Defense Criminals Tyranny Strongest Tyrants Anxious Not Afraid Ownership Resorts Firearms

Author:Jeff Cooper

“But whether the resistance against government tyrants is non-violent or physically violent, the effort to overthrow state oppression qualifies as true patriotism.”

States Government Effort Violent Resistance Oppression Tyrants Non Violent True Patriotism

Author:Ron Paul