Government Similes. Frank J. Wilstach, comp. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes

Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Government


A government tumbling and drifting on the whirlpool and mud-deluges, floating atop in a conspicuous manner, no whither, like the carcass of a drowned ass. —Thomas Carlyle	1
But when a government is grown in strength, Like some old oak, rough with its armed bark, It yields not to the tug, but only nods, And turns to sullen state. —John Dryden	2
Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence. —Thomas Paine	3