Famous Quotes

"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

Oliver Cromwell 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 Oliver Cromwell

• "Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry."

• "Nature can do more than physicians."

• "Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."

• "Put your trust in God but be sure to keep your powder dry."