"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Government Tags: convinces, history, reading More From Thomas Jefferson "When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property." "I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country." "In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty." More In Government "Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it."― Russell Baker "‘Government gets things right’ does not encourage sales. ‘Government makes another blunder’ does encourage sales, so there’s a commercial imperative that pushes sensationalism."― John Major "Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated."― Andrew Jackson