Government
- John McCarthy (ambassador born 1942), Australian ambassador to Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, the United States, Indonesia, India and Japan
- John McCarthy (ambassador born 1947), Australian ambassador to the Holy See (2012–)
- John Thomas McCarthy (born 1939), U.S. ambassador
- John F. McCarthy (1924-1981) California Republican senator
- John H. McCarthy (1850–1908), U.S. Representative from New York
- John McCarthy (Nebraska politician) (1857–1943), Nebraska Republican politician
- John V. McCarthy, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- John McCarthy (MP), Member of Parliament for Mid Tipperary, 1892–1893
- John George MacCarthy, Member of Parliament for Mallow, 1874–1880
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“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)
“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)