"This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it’s all checks and no balances." ― Gracie Allen Topic(s): Government More From Gracie Allen "Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years." "Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I’ll develop my radio personality." More In Government "It’s very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth."― Jimmy Carter "Hatred is settled anger."― Marcus Tullius Cicero "Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in."― Shia LaBeouf