The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government. – Henry Ward Beecher
A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists and all enemies of my Government and the Republic. – Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man. – Baron William Henry Beveridge
The art of government is not to let me grow stale. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Public instruction should be the first object of government. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The government must always be a step ahead of the popular movement. – Count Boytzwnburg
Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. – Louis D. Brandeis
But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. – Basil Bunting
