Government
- John MacDonald II or John of Islay, Earl of Ross (1434–1503), last Lord of the Isles, Scotland
- John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh (1836–1919), Scottish politician and later a judge
- John Kinneir Macdonald (1782-1830), British traveller and diplomat, envoy to Persia
- John A. Macdonald (1815–1891), first Canadian prime minister
- John Alexander MacDonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (born 1838), former speaker of the Prince Edward Island assembly
- John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician) (1874–1948), Canadian member of parliament for King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Alexander Macdonald (Nova Scotia politician) (born 1883), first elected in 1925 as Conservative member for Richmond—West Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, later appointed to the Senate
- John Alexander Macdonald Armstrong (1877–1926), Canadian politician, conveyancer and real estate agent
- John Macdonald (British politician) (1854–1939), British Liberal politician
- John Augustine Macdonald, Canadian Member of Parliament, King's, Prince Edward Island
- John Joseph MacDonald (1891-1986) Canadian Senator for Prince Edward Island
- John L. MacDonald (1838–1903), American representative from Minnesota
- John Macdonald (Canadian politician) (1824–1890), Canadian member of parliament and later a Canadian Senator
- John Michael Macdonald (1906–1997), Canadian Senator for Nova Scotia
- John Sandfield Macdonald (1812–1872), first Premier of Ontario
- John Small MacDonald (ca. 1791–1849), Prince Edward Island merchant and politician
- John MacDonald (Australian politician), Senator for Queensland
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“If there was twenty ways of telling the truth and only one way of telling a lie, the Government would find it out. Its in the nature of governments to tell lies.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“I feel a sincere wish indeed to see our government brought back to its republican principles, to see that kind of government firmly fixed, to which my whole life has been devoted. I hope we shall now see it so established, as that when I retire, it may be under full security that we are to continue free and happy.”
—Thomas Jefferson (17431826)
“Its no go the Government grants, its no go the elections, Sit on your arse for fifty years and hang your hat on a pension.”
—Louis MacNeice (19071963)
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