My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman.
John Prescott
Category: Art of Government
Normal hum-drum government has been resumed.
Nicholas Ridley
On the fall of Margaret Thatcher.
Category: Art of Government
I don't mind how much my ministers talk as long as they do what I say.
Margaret Thatcher 27/01/1980
Category: Art of Government
In the councils of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence by the military-industrial complex.
Dwight D Eisenhower 1961
Category: Art of Government, Defence
My movements to the chain of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of execution.
George Washington 01/04/1789
Category: Art of Government
It must be a conviction Government. As Prime Minister I could not waste time having internal arguments.
Margaret Thatcher 25/02/1979
Category: Art of Government, Conviction
My basic rule is that I want people who don't want a job in government.
Ronald Reagan 16/11/1980
As President-elect
Category: Art of Government
Turf wars, in my experience, are more often the figment of fevered journalistic minds than they are an accurate reflection of the complex relationships betwee political institutions and personalities.
Dr John Reid
Category: Art of Government
Misgovernment...will often be reflected in oppressive or aggressive policies towards groups within the state or towards the state's neighbours.
Margaret Thatcher 24/03/2003
Referring to Zimbabwe
Category: Art of Government, Zimbabwe, State, The
We do not believe that if you cut back what government does you diminish its authority. On the contrary, a government that did less, and therefore did better, would strengthen its authority.
Margaret Thatcher 14/10/1977
Category: Art of Government
We should not underestimate the enormity of the task which lies ahead. But little can be achieved without sound money. It is the bedrock of sound government.
Margaret Thatcher 05/1979
Category: Art of Government, Money
The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
Ronald Reagan
Category: Art of Government
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard Shaw
Category: Art of Government
Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman 23/11/1905
Category: Art of Government
Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.
Robert Peel
Category: Art of Government, Public Spending, Taxation
