Quotations on Government
Let your representative in Washington know how you feel. Call (202) 225-3121 for the House and (202) 224-3121 for the Senate. An operator will connect you to the right office.
-Anonymous
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
-George Burns
Don't steal, the government hates competition.
-Virginia Litchfield
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
-Charles DeGaulle
Frank and Ernest 12/4/00
-Frank and Ernest
Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.
-John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice (2000 Presidential Election)
We are a nation of men and women and, although we aspire to lofty principles, our methods at times are imperfect.
-Leander J. Shaw Jr., FL Supreme Court Justice (2000 Presidential Election)
We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
-Thomas Jefferson

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