Famous Quotes

"Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny."

Charles Barkley on Government

More quotes about Government

• "A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

• "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

  Winston Churchill on Government

• "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

  Thomas Jefferson on Government

• "Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

  George Washington on Government

• "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil in its worst state, an intolerable one."

  Thomas Paine on Government

More quotes by Charles Barkley

• "Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while."

• "You know it's going to hell when the best rapper out there is white and the best golfer is black."

• "Kids are great. That's one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It's a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names."

• "Poor people cannot rely on the government to come to help you in times of need. You have to get your education. Then nobody can control your destiny."

• "My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them, 'Hey, I'm rich'."