Pithy Quotes about Government
Here are some samples from a collection of quotes about government that seem to have particular application to our current predicament.
"Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt."
-- President Herbert Hoover
"It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the
Government from falling into error."
-- Robert H. Jackson
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President: I'm beginning to believe it."
-- Clarence Darrow
"The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men."
-- Plato
"Tell the truth. Do your best no matter how trivial the task. Choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Look out for the group before you look out for yourself. Don't whine or make excuses. Judge others by their actions and not by their race or other characteristics."
-- The United States Marines
Can you find and post some other good ones?