In Government
- David Wilson (New Zealand politician) (1880–1977), New Zealand politician and diplomat
- David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (born 1935), British administrator, former Governor of Hong Kong, diplomat and Sinologist
- David Wilson (Canadian politician) (born 1955), Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- Dave Wilson (Ontario politician), Canadian municipal politician in Hamilton, Ontario
- Dave Wilson (Nova Scotia politician), Canadian politician and member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- David Wilson (Manitoba politician) (1858–1927)), Irish-born politician in Manitoba, Canada
- David H. Wilson (politician) (1855–1926), politician in Manitoba, Canada
- David John Wilson (1887–1976), Judge of the United States Customs Court
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, unknown, arbitrary will of another man.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)
“Consider the islands bearing the names of all the saints, bristling with forts like chestnut-burs, or Echinidæ, yet the police will not let a couple of Irishmen have a private sparring- match on one of them, as it is a government monopoly; all the great seaports are in a boxing attitude, and you must sail prudently between two tiers of stony knuckles before you come to feel the warmth of their breasts.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)