Famous Quotes & Sayings

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

Our position would be that it is, and always has been, government property.

Our task is to make sure the government does not submit the bill.

Overall, there's been a lot of spin and no real policy. I think the next governor should hunt for a new commissioner.

Vietnam is often called our only uncensored war, but that only means that the government wasn't vetting the pictures and words.

Daniel Webster

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called what it may.

Chris Matthews

We supported the contras. We're not against all opposition to government, or all paramilitary operations.

Richard Lamm

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.

I'm truly worried about the country's direction. I can tell you this categorically, we've got the weakest president and the weakest governor in the history of my 50 years of public service.

Chester Bowles

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

When are the two parties, the government and the (rebels), going to wake up? They are the parties that can put an end to violence.

Abraham Lincoln

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Natalie Maines

To me, I was right from the beginning, because it's my right as an American to speak up and question our president, have my point of view, have my opinion, question what I want to question, and say what I want to say about our government.

Dick Cheney

There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government

Dianne Feinstein

All vets are mentally ill in some way and government should prevent them from owning firearms.

Walter Benjamin

The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice system. There's no telling what the U.S. government will do to me. I'm in constant danger; I guess I've gotten used to it.

Walter Benjamin

I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government’s policy towards people of color.

George Pataki

I'm thinking about governing as the governor of this state, and that's what I'm going to do.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

Algernon Sidney

A general presumption that Icings will govern well, is not a sufficient security to the People... those who subjected themselves to the will of a man were governed by a beast.

Ben Carson

Nobody is starving on the streets. We've always taken care of them. We take care of our own; we always have. It is not the government's responsibility.

Tony La Russa

If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

What do you think, what people want from their governments? Simple. A better life for themselves and for their children. Government that is fair, just and responsible.

We don't like the government to tell us what to do.

Hooman Majd

Inside Iran, people are actually quite well-educated about America. There are things they don't understand, particularly in the government, but the people, by and large, know the American sensibility quite well, and the reverse is not true.

We are 48 hours away from locking Indiana into a 75-year contract. My message to the governor is: I hope you know what you're doing.

We are pursuing peace with all tolerance and commitment, but this should not be taken as our weakness. The government is trying to show its goodwill.

Richard Boucher

We are operating within a U.N. mandate, and we intend to do as much as we can and look for other ways to provide support for the Macedonian government well within that mandate,

Edward Snowden

The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists.

Arlo Guthrie

I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'

There are arguments for a public safety risk, but it's not that severe at this point. Right now the government is being overbearing.

There is a vociferous group from within the government that are saying it is better to go to war.

John Podesta

wants us to be ready to govern on day one, and so he pledged to work with us.