Government
- W. Marvin Watson (born 1924), U.S. Postmaster General
- William Watson (16th century MP), MP for the City of York
- William Watson (Australian politician) (1864–1938), Australian politician
- William Watson, Mayor of Rockford, Illinois, 1878-79
- Sir William Henry Watson (1796–1860), Baron of the Exchequer
- William McLean Watson (1874–1962), MP for Dunfermline Burghs, 1922–1931 and 1935–1950
- William T. Watson (1849–1917), American banker and Governor of Delaware
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Famous quotes containing the word government:
“The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life—this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring. We could cure or mitigate the other ills Washington visits on us if we could only bring ourselves to pay attention to Washington itself. But we cannot.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“The government of the United States at present is a foster-child of the special interests. It is not allowed to have a voice of its own. It is told at every move, “Don’t do that, You will interfere with our prosperity.” And when we ask: “where is our prosperity lodged?” a certain group of gentlemen say, “With us.””
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.”
—John Caldwell Calhoun (1782–1850)