Ineffective Governance Quotes

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.

Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason

The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.

The inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.

No government prospers by saying, 'I don't need to do anything. Just by being there, we have made the country thrive.'

Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

The government generally is just too top-heavy.

...nations have no command over their governments, & in fact no influence over them, except of a fleeting & rather ineffectual sort.

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

Amateurism has its place in government, in journalism and also on the tennis court, but lack of expertise means politicians routinely promise far more than they achieve.

Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid.

Some civil servants are neither servants nor civil.

To govern Italy is not only impossible, it is useless.

Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.

You can see how dysfunctional this Congress is.

Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.

Americans have been hurting, but when we demanded solutions, too often Washington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It's a mindset that gave us political talking points, not serious solutions.

Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.

It is ironic since whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party.

None of my Governments seem to know what to do about them

A government, … protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work!