Inauguration Day 2017

We need a great president. - Donald Trump

Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken

When I'm president, everyone gets a free pony. - Vermin Supreme

Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson

The art of government is the organization of idolatry. - George Bernard Shaw

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language. - Buck Henry

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans. - Ed Gillespie

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. - Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell

To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government. - Mark Twain

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram

Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. - Edward Kennedy

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. - George Bernard Shaw

Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence. - John Foster Dulles

Officialese: A government language where you can understand the words, but not the sentences - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

In America any boy may become President, and I suppose it's just one of the risks he takes. - Adlai Stevenson

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - P.J. O'Rourke

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan

It's triple the Trump this season... I invited my children, Don Jr. and Ivanka into the boardroom. - Donald Trump

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat

The largest party in America is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. - Robert Reich

To be President of the United States, sir, is to act as advocate for a blind, venomous, and ungrateful client. - John Updike

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. - Johnny Carson

Being President is a lot like running a cemetery. You've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. - Bill Clinton

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. - Oscar Levant

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half. - Gore Vidal

It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey

Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. - H L Mencken

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are,
"I'm from the government and I'm here to help." - Ronald Reagan

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian. - Henry Ford

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama. - Donald Trump

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. - Woodrow Wilson

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: "President Can't Swim." - Lyndon B. Johnson