“The form of the state itself always means dictatorship; it's just a question of how democratically its legitimation is organized.”— P.M., amazon.com
“Friendship is everything. Friendship is more than talent. It is more than the government. It is almost the equal of family.”— Mario Puzo, amazon.com
“After all we'd been through, we still couldn't take our heads from out of our asses or our hands from around each other's throats.”— Max Brooks, amazon.com
“One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“Two types of people laugh at the law: those that break it and those that make it.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“You can't protect the public by lying to them.”— Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Chris Carter, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com
“No one, no government agency, has jurisdiction over the truth.”— Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon, Fox Mulder, David Duchovny, imdb.com
“Today we live in a financial age: The right is obsessed with tax cuts, and the left is obsessed with funding increases. Republicans joke about the incompetence of government to please wealthy donors who don’t want to pay for it; Democrats enable incompetence because they are beholden to public-secto…”— Peter Thiel, washingtonpost.com
“Our dysfunctional public sector treats the loss of a government job more seriously than the loss of a person’s life.”— Peter Theil, washingtonpost.com
“History began on July 4, 1776. Everything that happened before that was a mistake.”— Ron Swanson, amazon.com
“OK, everyone: shut up! And look at me! Welcome to ‘Visions of Nature.’ This room has several paintings in it. Some are big, some are small. People did them and they’re here now. I believe that after this is over, they’ll be hung in government buildings. Why the government is involved in an art show…”— Ron Swanson, amazon.com
“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com