Quotes for All
Lastly, our ancestors established their system of government on morality and religious sentiment. Moral habits, they believed, cannot safely be trusted on any other foundation than religious principle, nor any government be secure which is not supported by moral habits…. Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. Daniel Webster
The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn’t it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time. Daniel Day-Lewis
Saudia Arabia takes in half a trillion dollars every year in oil revenue, and the country has a population smaller than New York state, but when your system of government is an eleventh century monarchy, someone’s going to end up poor, and it’s not gonna be the guy whose first name is King. Craig Ferguson
The political disfunction that has brought about the shutdown and now threatens default, isn’t so much gridlock. It is exposing the fatal flaw in our Constitution and highly distinct system of government. In other words, it’s the Constitution’s fault. Something truly catastrophic was bound to happen sooner or later. Chris Hayes
The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern. Charles Lindbergh
If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government… The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure. Calvin Coolidge
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny. Barbara Jordan
The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before. Barack Obama
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it. Andrew Jackson
America’s greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of powers is not a mere technicality. It is the centerpiece of our Constitution. Our freedoms depend upon it in the future, just as they have in the past. Richard Allen Epstein