Government(58)

"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

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
H. L. Mencken

"The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion."
Lewis Mumford

"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys."
P. J. O'Rourke

"Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us."
P. J. O'Rourke

"Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down."
Robert Orben

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."
Thomas Paine

"The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security."
Thomas Paine

"That government is best which governs least."
Thomas Paine

"Let the people think they govern and they will be governed."
William Penn