Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

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

Election days come and go. But the struggle of the people to create a government which represents all of us and not just the one percent - a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice - that struggle continues.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens.

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

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

Unless your government is respectable, foreigners will invade your rights; and to maintain tranquillity, it must be respectable - even to observe neutrality, you must have a strong government.

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests.

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

Good government is one of the most important factors in economic growth and social well-being.

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

To rule is easy, to govern difficult.

It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor and suffering people yourself is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral, self-righteous, bullying laziness.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them in parliament.

Strong government doesn't mean simply military power or an efficient intelligence apparatus. Instead, it should mean effective, fair administration - in other words, 'good governance.'

As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

From my father's point of view, without a thought for self, a true patriot stands up against the stones of condemnation and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice or the halls of government.

When private sector, government, social, and philanthropic leaders apply innovative partnerships and technologies to address social challenges and build sustainable communities, the impact is multiplied.

The First Amendment is often inconvenient. But that is beside the point. Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech.

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.

It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment.