Always love your country - but never trust your government!
Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
Cynics about government find much to be cynical about.
You can't go by what the governments say or do. It's not the governments. It's on the street where there's more hatred of Americans in Britain than in France.
I don't trust society to protect us, I have no intention of placing my fate in the hands of men whose only qualification is that they managed to con a block of people to vote for them.
To the ordinary guy, all this is a bunch of gobbledygook. But out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government, you can't believe what they say, and you can't rely on their judgment.
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."
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
People who don't believe in government are likely to defy our government.
There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous words in the English language are "Hi, I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.
