National Government may refer to:
- Central government
- Government
- National unity government, a broad coalition government consisting of all parties (or all major parties) in the legislature, usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency.
- National Government (United Kingdom), 1931–1940, 1945
- National Government (Canada), 1940
- Polish National Government, 1831, 1846, 1863–1864
Famous quotes containing the words national government, national and/or government:
“It is no part of the functions of the National Government to find employment for the people, and if we were to appropriate a hundred millions for his purpose, we should only be taxing 40 millions of people to keep a few thousand employed.”
—James A. Garfield (1831–1881)
“All experience teaches that, whenever there is a great national establishment, employing large numbers of officials, the public must be reconciled to support many incompetent men; for such is the favoritism and nepotism always prevailing in the purlieus of these establishments, that some incompetent persons are always admitted, to the exclusion of many of the worthy.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“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)