Jubal Harshaw: Well, who do you think did it?
Jill: We know who did it, the government!
Jubal: Jill, "the government" is several million people. You'll have to be a little more precise.
Jill: We know who did it, the government!
Jubal: Jill, "the government" is several million people. You'll have to be a little more precise.
Sir Humphrey Appleby: Surveillance is an indispensable weapon in the battle against organized crime.
James Hacker: You're not describing politicians as organized crime?
Sir Humphrey: No... well, disorganized crime too, of course.
James Hacker: You're not describing politicians as organized crime?
Sir Humphrey: No... well, disorganized crime too, of course.
— Yes, Minister, "The Death List"
"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned."
— Shepherd Book, Firefly
"You speak of 'the government' as if it were a single, monolithic beast, with countless hands but only a single brain controlling them. Turn that vision around, Admiral. Perhaps you should consider how things would be if the government was in fact a creature with a single tremendous hand, but many brains trying to direct that hand in its powerful but clumsy efforts to do something, anything."
— Emissary Rione, The Lost Fleet
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
— Voltaire
"Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is governed?"
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"
