Quotes about Government
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.
— Thomas Jefferson
With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to destroy all other powers besides itself.
— Eric Metaxas
The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.
— James Madison
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.
— George Washington
You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people
— Will Rogers
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
— Will Rogers
If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.
— Will Rogers
There ought to be one day — just one — when there is open season on senators.
— Will Rogers
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?
— Will Rogers
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
— Will Rogers
Politics is applesauce.
— Will Rogers
Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.
— Will Rogers