"For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

Lyndon B. Johnson, American President

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"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

Barbara Tuchman, American Historian

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"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

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"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

Noam Chomsky, American Activist

Government, Politics, Power, Democracy, Society

"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Government, Aristocracy, Democracy

"There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations."

Steven Magee, British Author

Government, Health, Danger, Truth

"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

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"Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced."

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"It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not."

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"Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes."

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"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

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"Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction."

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"I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world."

"No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision."

"Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

"On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does."

"Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated."

"There are no doubts that western governments are willfully inducing radiation sickness into segments of their city populations."

"The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly."

"Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government."

Explore more quotes by Jonathan Swift

"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."

"I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing."

"Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced."

"It is in men as in soils where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not."

"Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes."

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

"Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction."

"Better belly burst than good liquor be lost."

"My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool."

"Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride."