Government
- John McCarthy (ambassador born 1942), Australian ambassador to Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, the United States, Indonesia, India and Japan
- John McCarthy (ambassador born 1947), Australian ambassador to the Holy See (2012–)
- John Thomas McCarthy (born 1939), U.S. ambassador
- John F. McCarthy (1924-1981) California Republican senator
- John H. McCarthy (1850–1908), U.S. Representative from New York
- John McCarthy (Nebraska politician) (1857–1943), Nebraska Republican politician
- John V. McCarthy, former member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
- John McCarthy (MP), Member of Parliament for Mid Tipperary, 1892–1893
- John George MacCarthy, Member of Parliament for Mallow, 1874–1880
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
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—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
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—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)