Warren G. Harding Quotes

No man is big enough to run this great republic.

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

I think most people realize that our problems are our government, not me and you individually, except that we can - must have some sort of responsibility, because they're in there and they were elected, so we have to defend ourselves on those lines.

In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

I hope there have been times when I made you all proud, or made you all smile or at least piqued your interest in this wonderful institution we call government.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

Voters will decide how they want to be governed.

As a president I will be like the candidate that I am, a respectful candidate, a rallying candidate, a normal candidate for a normal presidency, at the service of the Republic.

Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.

Every cook or every laborer cannot govern the state.

Dialoging is the first principle of good government.

I feel as if I have lost control of the government and the leadership of the people.

Politics is a very important part of our government. It must not be denigrated. It's the way our country runs. It's the lubricant that keeps things running smoothly.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

The problem belongs to the American national democracy, and its solution must be attempted by means of official national action.

In government, consensus is more important than command; persuasion not only works better than arrogance, it's vital to the democratic process.

Are the governors such exceptionally gifted men as to enable them … to represent the masses and act in the interests of all men better than all men would be able to act for themselves?

I cannot run the political machine. I have enough on my hands without that. It is the people's business.

We have a great nation to help govern. We who are citizens of this great republic are favored children, yet we are all the time complaining; but that is one of the inalienable privileges of an American to complain about his neighbor and government-always crying for a change. But, with all of its faults, this is the best government for man on the face of the earth

To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.

Good government