"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government." ― Edmund Burke Topic(s): Government Tags: nothing, turns More From Edmund Burke "It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact." "All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter." "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." More In Government "Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos."― Donald Rumsfeld "The mistakes made by Congress wouldn’t be so bad if the next Congress didn’t keep trying to correct them."― Cullen Hightower "At a time of such hope and optimism in the Middle East, we cannot let the Libyan government violate every principle of international law and human rights with impunity."― William Hague