Government Skepticism Quotes

… no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted for a moment, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support

I had been raised in the mountains of Idaho by a father who distrusted many of the institutions that people take for granted - public education, doctors and hospitals, and the government.

Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices.

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.

I actually don't believe in big government, and half the time I'm never quite sure I believe in government, generally.

Cynics about government find much to be cynical about.

The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.

I've set my own rules to live by. The first one is: 'Never believe ANYthing the government says.'

I have not much faith in "good government." What we need is the development of the individual.

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help."

A majority of Americans support Social Security and Medicare, a progressive tax system and a government that regulates business in the public interest, but most share deep skepticism about the government's ability to do all this well.

I love my country. It's just the government I don't trust.

I have lost all confidence in the justice and rectitude of the intentions of Congress.

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

The true American patriot is by definition skeptical of the government.

Governments need to be seriously sceptical about whether new coal provides a good deal for their citizens.

I don't know if the average person really has faith in Washington anymore.

The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting freedom-trusting overlords who have lied and abused their power or trusting individuals to make the most of their own lives.

If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government is one of the most important-and most forgotten-bulwarks of freedom.

Perhaps the most important reason to be skeptical of government inflation numbers is that the government, like a fox campaigning to guard a hen house, has many reasons to be disingenuous. As the world's largest debtor, the Federal Government is inflation's primary beneficiary.

I choose to make it my job to not automatically believe what the U.S. government says.

Voters are naturally suspicious of politicians.

All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.