Cornerstones

Quotations, Various

Cornerstones highlights thought-provoking quotes from notable folks.

A hated government does not long survive.
Seneca

In the final analysis, a democratic government represents the sum total of the courage and the integrity of its individuals. It cannot be better than they are.
Eleanor Roosevelt

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no clear demands.
John Steinbeck

The history of liberty is the history of the limitations on the power of the government.
Woodrow Wilson

The punishment suffered by the wise who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of bad men.
Plato

Local government is the foundation of democracy, if it fails, democracy will fail.
Robert W. Flack

Good government is no substitute for self-government.
Mahatma Gandhi

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.
Theodore Roosevelt

For the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms 22:28

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
Ronald Reagan

That government is best which governs least.
Henry David Thoreau

There is good government when those who are near are happy, and when those who are far away desire to come.
Confucius

The future holds little hope for any government where the present holds no hope for the people.
Lyndon Johnson

For, if liberty and equality, as some persons suppose, are chiefly to be found in a democracy, they will be attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
Aristotle

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw

It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government.
Thomas Paine

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