“There's just one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in Opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.”— John Galsworthy, Maid in Waiting (1931), Ch. 7Share
“The world's a fine place for those who go out to take it; there's lots of unknown stuff in it yet.”— John GalsworthyShare
“They did not stop to love each other in this life; they were so sure they had all eternity to do it in.”— John GalsworthyShare
“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
