R’ Yisroel Salanter used to pray for the welfare of the government. When he happened to be in a synagogue where the prayer was not read, he read it himself.
Modern Uberdox
“I write not because I have the strength to write, but because I do not have the strength to remain silent.” -Rav Avraham Yitzchok Kook zt’l
Nowadays, I often think of the prayer for the Czar in Fiddler on the Roof.