Government
- John MacDonald II or John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), last Lord of the Isles, Scotland
- John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836–1919), Scottish politician and later a judge
- John Kinneir Macdonald (1782-1830), British traveller and diplomat, envoy to Persia
- John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Canadian prime minister
- John Alexander MacDonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1838), former speaker of the Prince Edward Island assembly
- John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (1874–1948), Canadian member of parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Alexander Macdonald (Nova Scotia politician) (born 1883), first elected in 1925 as Conservative member for Richmond—West Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, later appointed to the Senate
- John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877–1926), Canadian politician, conveyancer and real estate agent
- John Macdonald (British politician) (1854–1939), British Liberal politician
- John Augustine Macdonald, Canadian Member of Parliament, King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Joseph MacDonald (1891-1986) Canadian Senator for Prince Edward Island
- John L. MacDonald (1838–1903), American representative from Minnesota
- John Macdonald (Canadian politician) (1824–1890), Canadian member of parliament and later a Canadian Senator
- John Michael Macdonald (1906–1997), Canadian Senator for Nova Scotia
- John Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872), first Premier of Ontario
- John Small MacDonald (ca. 1791–1849), Prince Edward Island merchant and politician
- John MacDonald (Australian politician), Senator for Queensland
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“I don’t know jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts.”
—Will Rogers (1879–1935)
“The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society, depend so much upon an upright and skilful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, as both should be checks upon that.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“Good government cannot be found on the bargain-counter. We have seen samples of bargain-counter government in the past when low tax rates were secured by increasing the bonded debt for current expenses or refusing to keep our institutions up to the standard in repairs, extensions, equipment, and accommodations. I refuse, and the Republican Party refuses, to endorse that method of sham and shoddy economy.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)