“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”– H. L. Mencken Related Quotes “If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work – because if they don’t, they won’t be around the next time the ballot box is open.”– King Abdullah II “I promised to empower the taxpayer – instead of a handful of big government union bosses.”– Scott Walker “Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.”– Aung San Suu Kyi