Shadow Government

Shadow government may refer to:

  • An opposition government in a parliamentary system, see Shadow Cabinet
  • A term for plans for an emergency government that takes over in the event of a disaster, see continuity of government
  • A conspiracy theory of a secret government, see Shadow government (conspiracy)

Famous quotes containing the words shadow and/or government:

    “I verily believe
    My fair impression may
    Be all from that one day
    No shadow crossed but ours....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “We talk about a representative government; but what a monster of a government is that where the noblest faculties of the mind, and the whole heart, are not represented! A semihuman tiger or ox, stalking over the earth, with its heart taken out and the top of its brain shot away. Heroes have fought well on their stumps when their legs were shot off, but I never heard of any good done by such a government as that.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)