Governments never learn. Only people learn. Milton Friedman
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Ronald Reagan
I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. James A. Garfield
I can do nothing about governments and winter. Slovenian Proverb
Only fools are glad when governments change. Romanian Proverb