“It is a strong argument for democracy that governments regulated by principles of accountability, respect for public opinion and the supremacy of just laws are more likely than an all-powerful ruler or ruling class, uninhibited by the need to honour the will of the people, to observe the traditional…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“It is undeniably easier to ignore the hardships of those who are too weak to demand their rights than to respond sensitively to their needs. To care is to accept responsibility, to dare to act in accordance with the dictum that the ruler is the strength of the helpless.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“Socialists must be in favor of an aristocratic form of government. We must have the best men for the job . . . In the dictator you must have a man who has not only the power to govern but the force of character to impose himself as dictator whether you like him or not.”— George Bernard Shaw, en.wikiquote.org
“We, here in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world, the fate of the coming years; and shame and disgrace will be ours if in our eyes the light of high resolve is dimmed, if we trail in the dust the golden hopes of men. If on this new continent we merely build another country of great but u…”— Theodore Roosevelt, theodorerooseveltcenter.org
“Fascism first causes, then thrives on, the chaos for which it presents itself as sole cure.”— William Gibson, twitter.com
“To secede from the Union and set up another government would cause war. If you go to war with the United States, you will never conquer her, as she has the money and the men. If she does not whip you by guns, powder, and steel, she will starve you to death. It will take the flower of the country-the…”— Sam Houston, famoustexans.com
“I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free.”— John Tyler, azquotes.com
“The great truth that government was made for the people and not the people for government has already been established in the practice and by the example of these United States, and we can do no other than contemplate its further exemplification by a sister republic with the deepest interest.”— John Tyler, presidential-power.org
“So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.”— John Tyler, en.wikiquote.org
“The Constitution is a flawed document written by a wealthy minority. During America's early period, a man couldn't vote if he didn't own any land. Mankind is imperfect. Majority rule doesn’t work; it has never worked. The average person is too busy watching Police Woman and Charlie's Angels on TV to…”— Larry Flynt, filthy.media
“The bigger you are, the more the government is going to get inside what you do and impose rules and standards. Sometimes for good, sometimes not for good.”— Jamie Dimon, youtube.com
“We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.org
“I had been struck by the amateurism that reigned in the upper echelons of the federal government.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“Fear is the State's psychological weapon of choice to frighten citizens into sacrificing their basic freedoms and rule-of-law protections in exchange for the security promised by their all-powerful government.”— Philip Zimbardo, amazon.com
“Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man’s liberty. Government represents power in the hands of some men to control and regulate the lives of other men. And power, as Lord Acton said, corrupts men. Absolute power, he added, corrupts absolutely.”— Barry Goldwater, books.google.com