Quotes tagged with 'government'

Kill one person it’s called murder; kill 100,000 and it’s called foreign policy.
—Popular Bumper Sticker government

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.
—Jonathan Swift government

The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.
—Margaret Thatcher economics government

A conspiracy theorist is someone who questions the statements of known liars.
—Unknown Theorist government science

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty.
—Henry David Thoreau government

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.
—Mark Twain government

If voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.
—Mark Twain government

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it.
—Mark Twain government

An evil enemy will burn his own nation to the ground... to rule over its ashes.
—Sun Tzu government

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe government

He who is unfit to serve his fellow citizens wants to rule them.
—Ludwig Von Mises government

There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men.
—Ludwig Von Mises government

True terror is to wake up one day and discover that your high school class is running the country.
—Kurt Vonnegut government

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can’t have one without the other.
—George Washington government

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
—George Washington freedom government

A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
—Booker T. Washington government life

If you have to be persuaded reminded pressured, lied to, coerced bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized; If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance-you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest.
—Ian Watson covid government

Those cheering the suppression of people with whom they disagree might remember the pendulum always swings. Be careful what you wish for. It’s often what you also deserve.
—James Wood / Actor freedom government

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it’s profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.
—Frank Zappa freedom government

Terrible things don't happen because most people are evil... They happen because a few are evil, and most are simply cowards. That's why they act like nothing is happening. Even if they KNOW it's wrong, they still won't say anything. History now makes perfect sense.
—Rapper Zuby government history