Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1381-1389] of 1389 Government quotesGovernment QuotesGovernment Previous 20 quotes The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government power, not the increase of it.~ Woodrow Wilson The wisest thing to do with a fool is to encourage him to hire a hall and discourse to his fellow citizens. Nothing chills nonsense like exposure to air.~ Woodrow Wilson The essential characteristic of all government, whatever its form, is authority. There must, in every instance, be, on the one hand, governors, and on the other hand, those who are governed. And the authority of governors, directly or indirectly, rest in all cases ultimately on FORCE. Government, in its last analysis, is organized force. Not necessarily or invariably organized, armed force, but the will of a few men, of many men, or of a community prepared by organization to realize its own purposes with reference to the common affairs of the community. Organized, that is, to rule, to dominate.~ Woodrow Wilson It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved.~ Thomas Wolfe Police State: A state in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic, and political life of the people, especially by means of a secret police force.~ Yahooligans Reference Government is the Entertainment Division of the military-industrial complex.~ Frank Zappa The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.~ Frank Zappa In the fight between you and the world, back the world.~ Frank Zappa You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -- it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.~ Frank Zappa Previous 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print