Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [121-140] of 1384 Government quotesGovernment QuotesGovernment Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Those who manipulate the unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested largely by men we have never heard of.~ Edward L. Bernays If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing about it? The recent practice of propaganda has proved that it is possible, at least up to a certain point and within certain limits. ~ Edward L. Bernays The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society.~ Edward L. Bernays No government has ever commanded the resources at the disposal of our ungodly Leviathan, which consumes about 25 percent of the product of the world’s richest country. It is driven by a voracious alliance of government’s own employees, and those who receive benefits from the state. At least 90 million Americans either depend directly on government handouts or jobs, and each private worker must support not only himself and his family, but also carry a government worker on his shoulders.~ Tom Bethel America would be better off as a country and Americans happier and more prosperous as a people if half of our government boards, bureaus, and commissions were Abolished, hundreds of thousands of our government officials, agents and employees were discharged, and two-thirds of our government regulations, restrictions, inhibitions were removed.~ Albert J. Beveridge You know all what I'm about to, what I've said, and you know what I've done, and you know what we're doing, and you know -- I know what you're doing.~ Joe Biden Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.~ Ambrose Bierce Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.~ Ambrose Bierce Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the government from running amuck by hamstringing it.~ Ambrose Bierce Our U.S. government each year spends roughly 30 percent more money than it takes in. It took 39 Presidents and 200 years to accumulate a debt of $1 trillion dollars. But it has taken only the past 12 years for that debt to triple to more than $5.9 trillion. Interest payments on the deficit alone add up to more than what our government pays for unemployment compensation, veteran's benefits, postal operations, housing, education, and highways combined. Saddled with this tremendous burden, it is impossible for our businesses to invest, harder for families to afford homes and medical care, and difficult for the United States to play its role in matters of national and international economic security.~ James Bilbray Under our form of government, the legislature is not supreme ... like other departments of government, it can only exercise such powers as have been delegated to it, and when it steps beyond that boundary, its acts, like those of the most humble magistrate in the state who transcends his jurisdiction, are utterly void.~ Billings v. Hall Whatever power you give to the good cops, goes to the bad ones, too. Never forget that.~ Phillip J. Birmingham What a government of limited powers needs, at the beginning and forever, is some means of satisfying the people that it has taken all steps humanly possible to stay within its powers. That is the condition of its legitimacy, and its legitimacy, in the long run, is the condition of its life.~ Charles L. Black, Jr. The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.~ Justice Hugo L. Black I am for the First Amendment from the first word to the last. I believe it means what it says.~ Justice Hugo L. Black The interest of the people lies in being able to join organizations, advocate causes, and make political “mistakes” without being subjected to governmental penalties.~ Justice Hugo L. Black Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they express, or the words they speak or write.~ Justice Hugo L. Black The First Amendment has erected a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach.~ Justice Hugo L. Black That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.~ Sir William Blackstone Government should not tell you what to do unless there's a compelling public purpose.~ Michael Bloomberg Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print