If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.
~ George Bernard Shaw

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.
~ Polish Proverb

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.
~ Karl Marx

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens.
~ Edgar A. Suter

Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
~ Louis Brandeis

A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.
~ Barry Goldwater

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
~ Winston Churchill

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.
~ Author Unknown