Famous quotes containing the words government and/or councils:
“The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)