The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work. -Frank Zappa

 

The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.


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This quote is just one of 22 total Frank Zappa quotes in our collection. Frank Zappa is known for saying 'The function of government ought to be: make sure you have good water to drink, somebody picking up the garbage, good roads to drive on, enough electricity to turn your light bulbs and your record player on, and whatever smaller amounts of regulatory assistance is necessary to make this society work.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

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Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.

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The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.

Frank Zappa

If we were the Monkees, we'd be ready by now.

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I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy.

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