“Everything government touches turns to crap.”– Ringo Starr Related Quotes “The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”“- William F. Buckley, Jr.” “Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.”– Bob Woodward “My mother’s sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.”– Buffalo Bill