Quotation Library
Good Governance
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The government you elect is the government you deserve.
Good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions.
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.
A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Public office is a public trust.
The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Where there is no vision, the people perish.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the objects of government; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which those objects can be best attained.
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error.
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
Government is instituted for the common good.
The object of government is the happiness of the people.
Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities.
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society.
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done.
The strength of the government is measured by the welfare of its people.
Faith, unity, discipline.
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
The State shall exercise its powers and authority through the chosen representatives of the people.
No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.