"When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned." ― Herbert Hoover Topic(s): Government More From Herbert Hoover "I’m the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him." "Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers." "It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business." More In Government "Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay."― Percy Bysshe Shelley "And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together."― James Madison "I don’t particularly think marriage is a sane thing."― Sean Young