24 Good Government Quotes for You to Enjoy

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. Thomas Jefferson

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People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. James Bovard

Every good government is made up of good families. The unit of good government is the family, and anything that tends to destroy the family is perfectly devilish and infamous. Robert Green Ingersoll

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One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. Huey Long

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A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. Thomas Francis Meagher

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Good ideas are the backbone of good government. Brian Schweitzer

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The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public. Geoff Mulgan

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'Freedom' means a lot to conservatives, but they have such a narrow sense of what it means. They think a lot about freedom from - freedom from government, freedom from regulation - and precious little about freedom to. Freedom to is absolutely something that has to be safeguarded by good government, just as it could be impaired by bad government. Pete Buttigieg

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Ordinary people want good government. Subramanian Swamy

Government Good People Want Ordinary Ordinary People Good Government

I think any good government will target on the finishing date, that is, the polling day and make sure that their strategy is strong and in place to get them successfully re-elected. Alexander Downer

I was the Republican governor of the heavily Democratic state of New Mexico. I focused on good government, and I got it done - just like my running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The people of New Mexico reelected me by a comfortable margin. Ditto for Weld. Gary Johnson

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All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities. James Fenimore Cooper

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. Jay Weatherill

Government Good You Look After Themselves Then Elections Present Good Government

One's ability to enter into thousands of lawsuits as a tool for success, or to use bankruptcy to avoid paying your former employees and vendors, have little relevance when trying to create good government. John Hickenlooper

For some in Washington, it's become sport to pick on the federal workforce. I think they do so unjustly. The very foundation of a stable America is having a government that functions well. Many countries have dysfunctional governments, because they don't have a good government workforce. Ken Salazar

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Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government. Lincoln Steffens

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If we would vote in mass on the more promising ticket, or, if the two are equally bad, would throw out the party that is in, and wait till the next election and then throw out the other party that is in - then, I say, the commercial politician would feel a demand for good government and he would supply it. Lincoln Steffens

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Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. Mitch Daniels

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Let those men who still have these misguided ideas, let those men who still have these hallucinations, realize that by anarchism, by dastardly crimes, they cannot bring about good government; let them realize that these methods have not succeeded in any country of the world and are not likely to succeed in India. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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'Reform' is pillage and plunder if you're against it, and it's good government if you're for it. Pete Laney

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I think New Jersey's process is actually a very good one - the good government. The governor presents the budget, you've got one-on-one meetings, you've got leadership meetings, you've got hearings, more importantly, that are transparent and open. Phil Murphy

I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose interests in good government is less. Stephen Breyer

Government Good People Will Those Some Make Contribute Order Interested Mean Interests Certain Certainly Less Who Whose Good Government

I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm. Tony Abbott

Government Good You Trust Money Value First Taxpayer Live Else Above Observe Namely Within Understand Maxim Holds Should Means Avoid Waste Good Government Harm

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