Lord Acton

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."

- Lord Acton, historian, politician and author

Harry S. Truman

"Whenever you have efficient government, you have a dictatorship."

- Harry S. Truman, former president of the USA

George Bernard Shaw

"Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve."

- George Bernard Shaw, critic and playwright

Will Rogers

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."

- Will Rogers, comedian, actor, social commentator

Will Rogers

"Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?"

- Will Rogers, comedian, actor, social commentator

Ronald Reagan

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

- Ronald Reagan, former US president

Nancy Astor

"No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that it had one-sided government."

- Nancy Astor, first woman to sit as a Member of Parliament

Ronald Reagan

"People don't start wars, governments do."

- Ronald Reagan, former US president