Quotes about Society
The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
— Adrian Rogers
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
— James Madison
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.
— Ronald Reagan
Every individual of the community at large has an equal right to the protection of government.
— Alexander Hamilton
We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.
— Ronald Reagan
We who live in free market societies believe that growth and prosperity, and ultimately human fulfillment are created from the bottom up, not the government down.
— Ronald Reagan
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
— Abraham Lincoln
Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
— Barack Obama
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
— James Madison
Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.
— Ludwig Borne
People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.
— Will Rogers
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
— Edmund Burke