This collection holds 951 governments quotes, drawn from writers, leaders, artists and thinkers across the QuoteForever archive. The most quoted voices here are Anubhav Sinha, Jose Manuel Barroso and Dalai Lama.

They are ordered so that each author has a say before anyone repeats, which means the first page gives you the range of the topic rather than one writer's back catalogue.

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Governments don't like harmony.

Governments are not always right.

I think governments can't do much.

Governments are scared of software.

Sports can't be run by governments.

Financial crises require governments.

As a rule, governments monitor people.

Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

People do not make wars; governments do.

Business is doing better than governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Governments never learn. Only people learn.

All governments could do more on mental health.

Governments are run by people. People can be bad.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

I think governments are the cancer of civilization.

Governments have a tendency to screw up currencies.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich.

So many women don't have voices in their governments.

Budgets can make or break reputations and governments.

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.

Foreign governments want to lie to the American people.

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

One thing is clear: Our governments have too many laws.

I cannot be any clearer, minority governments don't work.

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

When governments become weak, troubles are certain to erupt.

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

Killing is always wrong, even governments are not exceptions.

Law and order is the responsibility of the state governments.

I hope that we increasingly shift power to local governments.

Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts.

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.

Governments that try to shoot for a surplus hardly ever reach it.

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.

The U.N. doesn't have any troops; we borrow them from governments.

All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.

Providing investors with recourse against governments is valuable.

Governments aren't going to go away; banks aren't going to go away.

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

I've seen at first-hand what Labour Governments can achieve in power.

Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.

Parents, not governments, should decide what is best for their family.

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

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