#good government

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

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Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They devour time, money, and energy far beyond any real contribution they make. ↗

— Mitch Daniels

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A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. ↗

— Jay Weatherill

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Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well. ↗

— Matthew Lesko

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A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

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The essence of good government is trust. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

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People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own selfish interests. ↗

— James Bovard

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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. ↗

— Dean Inge

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Good government is the outcome of private virtue. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

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