Without Government

Voters want a fraud they can believe in. - Will Durst

Information is the currency of democracy. - Unknown

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama

Man is not free unless government is limited. - Ronald Reagan

All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken

Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit. - Khalil Gibran

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. - Will Rogers

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. - Henry Cate, VII

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. - Unknown

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way. - Isaac Goldberg

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. - Sir Peter Ustinov

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues. - George Will

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. - Greek Proverb

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing. - Bernard Baruch

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. - Jesse Helms

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. - H L Mencken

Democracy is also a form of religion; it is the worship of jackals by jackasses. - H L Mencken

A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. - H L Mencken

Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini

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

I am on your Walk of Fame in Toronto. My sense of humour is Canadian. But I can't vote. - Donald Sutherland

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets. - Will Rogers

I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses. - Victor Hugo

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. - Milton Friedman

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? - Gilbert Highet

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. - John Quincy Adams

I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? It's, like, incredible. - Donald Trump

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. - Aristotle