Quotes about Government Good

Good government is good politics. Votes: 2

The essence of good government is trust. Votes: 2

Good ideas are the backbone of good government. Votes: 2

Good government is the outcome of private virtue. Votes: 2

Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government. Votes: 2

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. Votes: 2

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. Votes: 2

That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil. Votes: 2

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. Votes: 2

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government. Votes: 2

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans. Votes: 2

Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever. Votes: 2

To speak against religion (the Christian) is breaking down the bond of good government. Votes: 2

Where might is mixed with wit, there is too good an accord in a government. Votes: 2

We need to keep this Labour government, it has a good chance of another term. Votes: 2

When the good lord calls you home, the government ought not come get your home. Votes: 2

Managing people's sex lives is something that I don't think is a good role for government. Votes: 2

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless. Votes: 2

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous. Votes: 2

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: 2

If men be good, government cannot be bad. Votes: 1

There's never been a good government. Votes: 0

Good government is no substitute for self-government. Votes: 0

All good government must begin at home. Votes: 0

Good government has to mean less government. Votes: 0

Not federal government's job to do good deeds. Votes: 0

Sometimes there are no good choices for government. Votes: 0

All prejudices are equally fatal to good government. Votes: 0

There is no right government except good government. Votes: 0

Money will not purchase character or good government. Votes: 0

Government exists only for the good of the governed. Votes: 0

All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. Votes: 0

A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth. Votes: 0

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system Votes: 0

Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies. Votes: 0

No government can continue good, but under the control of the people. Votes: 0

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government. Votes: 0

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. Votes: 0

Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government. Votes: 0

In truth, government has been good to Wall Street and big business. Votes: 0

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves. Votes: 0

No Taxes. Let's just tip the government 15% if they do a good job. Votes: 0

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. Votes: 0

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job. Votes: 0

A good government is one with many information channels, those that give real-time information. Votes: 0

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

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good. Votes: 0

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education. Votes: 0

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government. Votes: 0

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program. Votes: 0

When government is... bailing out banks... we have every good reason to be alarmed. Votes: 0

If the government did a good job of publicizing this information, my products wouldn't sell. Votes: 0

But I'm a big believer that government does not have a monopoly on good ideas. Votes: 0

There is no such thing as a good government. There never was. There can't be. Votes: 0

No government is safe unless it is protected by the good will of the people. Votes: 0

The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers. Votes: 0

It is the aim of good government to stimulate production, of bad government to encourage consumption. Votes: 0

The only way to effectively secure the common good is for the government to remain small. Votes: 0

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

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones. Votes: 0

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. Votes: 0

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. Votes: 0

Our government is a gift from God, who calls us to be good stewards of it. Votes: 0

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones Votes: 0

When these political action committees give money, they expect something in return other than good government. Votes: 0

As I get older ... I become more convinced that good government is not a substitute for self-government. Votes: 0

Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it. Votes: 0

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well. Votes: 0

It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for. Votes: 0

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good. Votes: 0

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care. Votes: 0

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government. Votes: 0

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people. Votes: 0

The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government; it's the good heart of the American people. Votes: 0

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government. Votes: 0

It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected. Votes: 0

No government should be without critics. If its intentions are good then it has nothing to fear from criticism. Votes: 0

The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good. Votes: 0

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government. Votes: 0

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. Votes: 0

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score. Votes: 0

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government. Votes: 0

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it. Votes: 0

If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out. Votes: 0

In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense. Votes: 0

There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives. Votes: 0

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example. Votes: 0

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work. Votes: 0

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Votes: 0

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government. Votes: 0

There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted. Votes: 0

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

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free. Votes: 0

I don't believe UPA government did nothing; they did whatever they could and they deserve appreciation for whatever good they did. Votes: 0

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. Votes: 0

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot. 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

The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality. Votes: 0

It is never right for any individual or government to do any vast evil as a means to some hypothetical good. Votes: 0

It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term. Votes: 0

I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government. Votes: 0

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred Votes: 0

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it? Votes: 0

For the Mexican people, for the Mexican government, the very good relationship with the United States of America is, of course, essential. Votes: 0

A man may grow rich in Turkey even, if he will be in all respects a good subject of the Turkish government. Votes: 0

What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else. Votes: 0

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less. Votes: 0

There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. Votes: 0

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. Votes: 0

Religion, morality, and knowledge are necessary for good government... Therefore schools and the means of educating the people should always be encouraged. Votes: 0

We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country. Votes: 0

Government should be a floor upon which the good of the people flourishes, not a ceiling upon which people bump their heads! 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

A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes. Votes: 0

The Chinese government knows that what I am teaching is good and that I am teaching people to have high moral values. Votes: 0

One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton: putting big government spending financed by the Chinese ahead of good-paying jobs for middle-class Americans. Is she guilty or not guilty? Votes: 0

The more government does, the greater chance that its efforts will be tilted toward a particular group's good, instead of the common good. Votes: 0

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state. Votes: 0

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. Votes: 0

No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is 'an empire of laws, and not of men.' Votes: 0

When government takes away options, it is bound to make some people worse off, even with intrinsicallly good intentions behind that government intervention. Votes: 0

Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery. Votes: 0

I have no doubt that the nation has suffered more from undue secrecy than from undue disclosure. The government takes good care of itself. 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

What good deed can government do for religion? The best deed of all: leave it free and unencumbered, burdened by neither enmity nor amity. Votes: 0

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil. Votes: 0

It is impossible to give a soldier a good education without making him a deserter. His natural foe is the government that drills him. Votes: 0

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government. Votes: 0

I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that we have. Votes: 0

Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government. Votes: 0

Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job. 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

Terrorism is in good part an effective government propaganda; it serves to deflect attention from governmental abuse toward a mostly imagined, highly dangerous outside enemy. Votes: 0

Americans are good people, and at times we can be wise. But we're often under-informed by media, misinformed by our government and ill-served by both. Votes: 0

Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos. Votes: 0

It must be good to be in Germany and France, because I have completely forgotten what it is like to be proud of your government. Votes: 0

That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. Votes: 0

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations. Votes: 0

I wanted to be what my high-school civics and history teacher thought of as a good American. That automatically involved taking an interest in government. Votes: 0

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust. Votes: 0

Government should be a place where people can come together, and no one gets left behind. No one…gets left behind. An instrument of good. Votes: 0

The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading lawyer. Votes: 0

Philanthropic leaders genially speak of complementing government, not competing with it as if monopoly were good and competition destructive-thus unwittingly conspiring against the public interest. Votes: 0

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good. Votes: 0

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation. Votes: 0

During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Reagan's anti-government diatribes and 'better days ahead' rhetoric. 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

The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom and homes and bread. Votes: 0

The world can never be in the state of right order, strong government, and good influence unless London is truly and literally established as its capital. Votes: 0

Every society, all government, and every kind of civil compact therefore, is or ought to be, calculated for the general good and safety of the community. Votes: 0

Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism. Votes: 0

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired. Votes: 0

The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty. Votes: 0

no one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in it's effect towards supporting free & good government. Votes: 0

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government, magistracy, or individuals. Votes: 0

If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's not crowding out. Votes: 0

What is good for Alaska is good for the country. Transferring power from the federal government to the states provides opportunity to all states, not just Alaska. Votes: 0

There are severe limits to the good that the government can do for the economy, but there are almost no limits to the harm it can do. Votes: 0

The legislation of the government has been directed rather to the protection of the rights of money and property than to the best good of the citizen. 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

Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. Votes: 0

A government that seizes control of the economy for the good of the people, ends up seizing control of the people for the good of the economy Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton wants to put the government totally in charge of your health care despite the fact it's no good. It'll be much more expensive than even today. Votes: 0

Government is nothing more than the combined force of society, or the united power of the multitude, for the peace, order, safety, good and happiness of the people. 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

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained. Votes: 0

No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment. Votes: 0

The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands. Votes: 0

The great and good ends proposed by the Illuminati, as the ultimate objects of their union, are the overthrow of religion, government, and human society civil and domestic. Votes: 0

Everything that has happened in my life is because of good government and because the United States of America was the greatest nation on the face of the earth. Votes: 0

The US government decided today that because I did such a good job investigating the cyber-industrial complex, they’re now going to send me to investigate the prison-industrial complex. 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

What's so cool about God and our government is that you can make a mistake, and they will forgive you if you just a good person and doing right. Votes: 0

(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn't work that way. Votes: 0

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well. What satire on government can equal the severity of censure conveyed in the word politics ....? Votes: 0

I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated. Votes: 0

The best government in the world, the best religion, the best traditions of any people, depend upon the good or evil of the men and women who administer them. Votes: 0

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people. Votes: 0

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States. Votes: 0

I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody. Votes: 0

[Obamacare] has to be enforced because nobody wants it. This is the nature of progressive government they don't care if it's not good for you. It's good for them. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point. Votes: 0

Women should have labels on their foreheads saying, 'Government Health Warning: women can seriously damage your brains, genitals, current account, confidence, razor blades, and good standing among your friends'. Votes: 0