William Greider Quotes

War is just one more big government program.

Some politicians denounce government in order to capture the government and then they turn around and expand the government.

Politics is the art of dominating men.

Congress is constantly engaged in a struggle for the respect of the people.

The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.

To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.

A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.

Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage.

Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of its subjects and extension of its boundaries.

Government is frequently and aptly classed under two descriptions-a government of force, and a government of laws; the first is the definition of despotism-the last, of liberty.

All branches of our government today are controlled by individuals who use their power to undermine liberty and enhance the welfare/warfare state-and frequently their own wealth and power.

Politicians have always coveted the liberties we hold.

There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives

If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.

So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that I did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

The central issue of our time - of all times - is the size, power and scope of government.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Charles Miller cannot bring down my government.

All our rights are gradually eroded as government gets bigger.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

Unified party control of the organs of government has proved no panacea.