“Accountability is meaningless unless it's for everybody, whether it's the leader of the network or the leader of the free world.”— Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (31 July 2018)Share
“Cynics always say no. But saying yes begins things. Saying yes is how things grow. Saying yes leads to knowledge.”— Stephen ColbertShare
“We live in a country where the people own the Government and not in a country where the Government owns the people.”— Winston ChurchillShare
“It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.”— Benjamin FranklinShare
“When I meet a government which says to me, "Your money or your life," why should I be in haste to give it my money?”— Henry David ThoreauShare
“Your ultimate allegiance is not to the government, not to the state, not to nation, not to any man-made institution.”— Martin Luther King Jr.Share
“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”— Nelson MandelaShare
“The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government.”— Charles DickensShare
