Government Structure Quotes

The fascist state is the corporate state.

Can a free government possibly exist with the Roman Catholic religion?

… something with monarchical power in it would be most effectual for the settlement of the nation

Once one concedes that a single world government is not necessary, then where does one logically stop at the permissibility of separate states? If Canada and the United States can be separate nations without being denounced as in a state of impermissible ‘anarchy’, why may not the South secede from the United States? New York State from the Union? New York City from the state? Why may not Manhattan secede? Each neighbourhood? Each block? Each house? Each person?

Bureaucracy is the epoxy that greases the wheels of progress.

Laws themselves, political Constitutions, are not our Life; but only the house wherein our Life is led.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.

Our fundamental instrument of government [the Constitution] is an evolving document.

The Union is older than any of the States, and, in fact created them as States.

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions at all, or are the worst of all. But they are nearer the truth who combine many forms; for the constitution is better which is made up of more numerous elements. The constitution proposed in the Laws has no element of monarchy at all; it is nothing but oligarchy and democracy, leaning rather to oligarchy.

There are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.

The bureaucracy takes itself to be the ultimate purpose of the state

Our system of checks and balances makes it simpler to stop bills than enact them.

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion.

If we carefully consider what our constitution is, we will conclude that it is, in fact, a limited monarchy.

Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand.

We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.

Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.

Fierce nomination fights have been going on since the early days of the Republic …. The founding fathers wanted to avoid a monarchy and instead created anarchy.

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

Until 1847 Switzerland remained a pure Confederation of States, that is to say, she took five and a half centuries to make the step which the United States achieved at once.

The government generally is just too top-heavy.

Heaven's sakes, there's only one party which I call the Property Party. It's got two wings. One is called the "Republican" and one is called "Democratic." It is the same party so it makes no difference whether a Democrat's elected or a Republican's elected. The ownership remains the same.