“I believe the test of government is the contentment of the people.”
“The capitalist class rules but does not govern: it contents itself with ruling the government.”
“As long as people believe in government, wars will never end.”
“The moral test of government is how it treats people in the dawn of life, the children, in the twilight of life, the aged, and in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped”
“I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil. Government belongs wherever evil needs an adversary and there are people in distress.”
“I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq.”