"It costs ten times more to govern..." - Quote by Will Rogers
It costs ten times more to govern us than it used to, and we are not governed one-tenth as good.
More by Will Rogers
“You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.”
“Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.”
“We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?”
More on Government
“Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop it. If hoaxes like this go unchecked, who can believe anything they see on the Internet? What good would the Internet be then? If the people who control Internet web sites do not do anything, is that not an open invitation for government to step in? And does anybody want politicians to control what can go on the Internet?”
“If a government commission had worked on the horse, you would have the first horse that could operate its knee joint in both directions. The trouble is it couldn't have stood up.”
“A delightful form of government, anarchic and motley, assigning a kind of equality indiscriminately to equals and unequals alike!”