"When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship." ― Harry S. Truman Topic(s): Government More From Harry S. Truman "You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog." "America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand." "In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first." More In Government "To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea."― James Madison "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."― Thomas Jefferson "Many health care providers, particularly physicians in rural and urban areas, are leaving the Government programs because of inadequate reimbursement rates."― Ron Wyden