A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

When there is a lack of honor in government the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

We don't need new taxes. We need new taxpayers people that are gainfully employed making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical idea.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

When man lives under government he is fallen his worth is gone and his nature tarnished.

The diversity in the faculties of men from which the rights of property originate is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated.

The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems and if only we had no government we'd have no problems. I can tell you that contradicts evidence history and common sense.

As president Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations but he also raised taxes when necessary.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.

We are a forward-looking people and we must have a forward-looking government.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

To restore the trust of the people we must reform the way the government operates.

I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans.

Government is an evil it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise government will of itself decay.

We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people of every background to succeed and prosper. Under this approach the spirit of initiative - not political clout - determines who succeeds.

The essence of Government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse.

Government has no other end but the preservation of property.

Money is power and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.