"If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets." ― Gary Hart Topic(s): Government More From Gary Hart "You can get awful famous in this country in seven days." "I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot." More In Government "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."― George Washington "Old age is not a disease – it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses."― Maggie Kuhn "A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy."― Benjamin Disraeli