Quotes about govern
government political liberty
Forced to choose, the poor, like the rich, love money more than political liberty; and the only political freedom capable of enduring is one that is so pruned as to keep the rich from denuding the poor by ability or subtlety and the poor from robbing the rich by violence or votes. Will Durant
government succeed failing
Folks, this government isn't too big to fail, it's too big to succeed. Sarah Palin
government top-down common-sense
Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy. Sarah Palin
government competition needs
Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone. Sarah Palin
government america track
People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix. Sarah Palin
government political quality
The government of the United States, under Lyndon Johnson, proposes to concern itself over the quality of American life. And this is something very new in the political theory of free nations. The quality of life has heretofore depended on the quality of the human beings who gave tone to that life, and they were its priests and its poets, not its bureaucrats. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government proportion can-do
Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government burning following
...following Mrs. Roosevelt in search of irrationality was like following a burning fuse in search of an explosive. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government people wish
People are beginning to wish that the voters had been given breathometer tests when they voted in the present government. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government causes monopoly
Only government can cause inflation, preserve monopoly, and punish enterprise. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government boston people
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University. William F. Buckley, Jr.
government missing television
Millions who endure poverty and bad government can now know what they are missing. To see how the other half lives all they have to do is switch on their television sets. Richard M. Nixon
government
In our own lives, let each of us asknot just what government will do for me, but what can I do for myself? Richard M. Nixon
government presidential choices
As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be supported by the U.S. Government. We maintain freedom of religion so that an American can either worship in the church of his choice or choose to go to no church at all. Richard M. Nixon
government liberty ufo
I'm not at liberty to discuss the governments knowledge of extraterrestrial UFO's at this time. I am still personally being briefed on the subject! Richard M. Nixon
government people doe
The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government Richard M. Nixon
government white black
Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don't want to be a colony in a nation. Richard M. Nixon
government yield people
We are not spending the Federal Government's money, we are spending the taxpayer's money, and it must be spent n a way which guarantees his money's worth and yields the fullest possible benefit to the people being helped. Richard M. Nixon
government minorities politics
The [Elian] raid... was almost worth it, if only to watch Jesse Jackson...defending an armed pre-dawn raid by the US government on a minority household. Rich Galen
government trying immigration
Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime. Rich Lowry
government east oracles
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all. Richard Cobden
government would-be problem
The problem to solve is, whether a single or a double government would be most advantageous; and, in considering that point, I am met by this difficulty - that I cannot see that the present form of government is a double government at all. Richard Cobden
government emergencies england
I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency? Richard Cobden
government punishment issues
I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment on people. We do it in capital cases. Police officers shoot fleeing felons. Trey Gowdy
government democracy guarantees
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. Ulrich Beck
government church taxation
So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of the government, without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes. . . . I would suggest the taxation of all property equally. Ulysses S. Grant
government faces royalty
Royalty puts a human face on the operations of government. Robert Runcie
government media opposites
If ever there was an area in which to do the exact opposite of that which government and the media urge you to do, that area is the purchasing of gold. Robert Ringer
government games people
One of the things I tell my students is that if you want to understand what's been going on and also what needs to be done, you've got to get out of the blame game. Some people on the left want to blame the rich and corporations. Some people on the right want to blame the poor and government. Either of those frames of reference gets you nowhere and they aren't even truthful. You've got to understand the dynamic itself. Robert Reich
government people bedroom
It's not government's business what people do in their private bedrooms. Robert Reich
government america house
And now we're suffering the logical culmination of all this: the largest group of government-hati ng, racist, homophobic, misogynistic know-nothing, climate-change denying, evolution-denyi ng, science-denying , anti-immigrant House Republicans in history, bent on taking America back to the 19th century. Robert Reich
government secret
It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets. Robert Novak
government regulation adults
The trouble with government regulation of the market is that it prohibits capitalistic acts between consenting adults. Robert Nozick