Quotes about Bad Government

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government. Votes: 1

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. Votes: 1

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. Votes: 1

The banking collapse was caused, more than anything, by bad government policy and the total failure of bad regulation, rather than by greed. Votes: 1

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government policy. Votes: 1

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government. Votes: 1

A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient. Votes: 1

Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams. Votes: 1

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! Votes: 1

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. Votes: 1

It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting. Votes: 1

A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens. Votes: 1

The government is promoting bad behavior. Votes: 0

If men be good, government cannot be bad. Votes: 0

I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government. Votes: 0

Blaming the government for all the bad things that happen. Votes: 0

History, in general, only informs us what bad government is. Votes: 0

History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is. Votes: 0

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy. Votes: 0

Insurrection. An unsuccessful revolution; disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government. Votes: 0

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. Votes: 0

The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys. Votes: 0

The only good government... Is a bad one in a hell of a fright. Votes: 0

The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform. Votes: 0

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government. Votes: 0

Bad government is the natural product of rule by those who believe government is bad. Votes: 0

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so. Votes: 0

Democracy is a very bad form of government ... but all the others are so much worse. Votes: 0

Democracy virtually assures that only bad and dangerous men will ever rise to the top of government. Votes: 0

Anything that shifts power from the individual judgment of free citizens to government is a bad thing. Votes: 0

The Liberals talk about a stable government but we don't know how bad the stable is going to smell. Votes: 0

Government is necessary, not because man is naturally bad... but because man is by nature more individualistic than social. Votes: 0

Government workers often get a bad rap, but it's rare for them to receive much appreciation when government works. Votes: 0

The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms. Votes: 0

A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives. Votes: 0

Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable. Votes: 0

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. Votes: 0

[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones. Votes: 0

I'm not going to pontificate and tell you to execute your government at dawn, but it wouldn't be a bad idea. Votes: 0

Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse. Votes: 0

Ideology that believes government is bad, and that public institutions and places are not valuable, is as destructive as corporate greed. Votes: 0

The effect of a good government is to make life more valuable; of a bad one, to make it less valuable. Votes: 0

A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time. Votes: 0

Every time something really bad happens, people cry out for safety, and the government answers by taking rights away from good people Votes: 0

It is wrong to ask who will rule. The ability to vote a bad government out of office is enough. That is democracy. Votes: 0

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government. Votes: 0

To form a new Government, requires infinite care, and unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad. Votes: 0

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks! Votes: 0

Sometimes there's not a direct transfer of skills from business to government, but sometimes what happened in business would be really bad for government. Votes: 0

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad. Votes: 0

I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from being greater. Votes: 0

Most of the poverty and misery in the world is due to bad government, lack of democracy, weak states, internal strife, and so on. Votes: 0

It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively small bites, or else you get indigestion. Votes: 0

Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world. Votes: 0

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church Votes: 0

To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying. Votes: 0

There can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs. Votes: 0

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals. Votes: 0

Forget the state concerns -- we think this is bad for churches. Most churches are small and not ready to handle 500 pages of government red tape. Votes: 0

If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also. Votes: 0

I am against market fundamentalism. I think this propaganda that government involvement is always bad has been very successful - but also very harmful to our society. Votes: 0

Ai Weiwei, who is both a widely admired conceptual artist and a fearless human-rights activist, has been on the bad side of the Chinese government for years. Votes: 0

I think there were bad actors in the government and bad actors in the finance, mortgage, markets industries that need to be called out and held accountable. Votes: 0

The not-self cannot have the bad, meaning they of the government and the judges and the schools cannot allow the bad because they cannot allow the self. Votes: 0

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants. Votes: 0

The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name. Votes: 0

No people exists that would not think itself happier even under its own bad government than it might really be under the good governance of an alien power. Votes: 0

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic. Votes: 0

Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough. Votes: 0

Democracy, loudly upheld as a cure for much of the ailing world, has proved no guarantor of political wisdom, even if it remains the least bad form of government. Votes: 0

A pure democracy is generally a very bad government, It is often the most tyrannical government on earth; for a multitude is often rash, and will not hear reason. Votes: 0

Democrats believe people are basically good but must be saved from themselves by the government. Republicans believe people are basically bad but they'll be okay if they're left alone. Votes: 0

Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to do is switch on their television sets. Votes: 0

A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it. Votes: 0

The first task of the doctor is ... political: the struggle against disease must begin with a war against bad government." Man will be totally and definitively cured only if he is first liberated... Votes: 0

Good government is known from bad government by this infallible test: that under the former the labouring people are well fed and well clothed, and under the latter, they are badly fed and badly clothed. Votes: 0

The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it Votes: -1

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption. Votes: -1