Definition of Government

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Government

The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.

The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.

The right or power of governing; authority.

The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.

The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.

Management of the limbs or body.

The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.

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Government Quotations

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.
Albert Einstein

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Thomas Jefferson

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
Thomas Jefferson

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
Thomas Jefferson

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Thomas Jefferson

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
Thomas Jefferson

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.
Thomas Jefferson

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

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.
Thomas Jefferson

Government Translations

government in Afrikaans is regering
government in Danish is regering
government in Dutch is gouvernement, regering, overheid
government in French is gouvernement
government in German is Regierung, Landesregierung, Regierung
government in Italian is governo
government in Latin is gubernatio-ionis, administratio, ordinatio
government in Norwegian is regjering, regjering
government in Portuguese is governo
government in Spanish is gobierno
government in Swedish is myndighet, regemente, styrelse

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