Quotes about govern
government behavior intervening
government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. Camille Paglia
government people gentleman
Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People. Caleb Cushing
government people institutions
Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions. Cal Thomas
government people soul
No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins we the people, not us the government.
government looks want
If taxpayers want to keep more of the money they earn, they must also work to become less dependent on a government check. We look to government too often and to ourselves not enough.
government people giving
I am not robbed by people who have more money than me. I am robbed by a government that wants to penalize my industry and give increasing portions of what I earn to people who do not emulate my principles, morals and ethics.
government wish doe
Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overhaul and anything else this administration and Congress wish to do that is not in the Constitution?
government entrepreneur independence
Government aid impedes success and creates dependence, while entrepreneurs create success and independence.
government people parent
Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
government people use
Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. C. Northcote Parkinson
government land knowing
People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed to correct this decision and restore the principle of having limited government involvement. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
government dancing singing
I had - along with my singing and dancing, I was very happy to be born in the hometown of Dylan Thomas. So the government was financing dramatic groups and amateur dramatics and stuff like that. Catherine Zeta-Jones
government needs locals
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Calvin Coolidge
government safety people
Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin of safety. If taxes and debt are made all the people can bear when times are good, there will be certain disaster when times are bad.
governor help sitting wants
We're still sitting down in Houston. He (Perry) wants us to try to take these people, ... Every governor is getting frustrated, We will help if they'll just let us. Joe Manchin
government lives rules saying
We're saying we want more government in our lives by disclosing and having more rules and regulations and everything else. I don't get it. Craig Benson
government names doctors
We see it in attempts on Capitol Hill to impose gag rules on rules on doctors on what they can say to their patients about family planning. And we certainly see it now with an effort by the government to tap our phones; invade our medical records, credit information, library records and the most sensitive personal information in the name of national security. Dick Durbin
government dimes millions
I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime. Dennis Kozlowski
government justice purpose
He (George W. Bush) is going in the wrong way. And I dare say, that is what the strategy of his administration is, is just to wipe out government's purpose for any social and economic justice at all. Dennis Kucinich
government ukraine people
What I'd do is not have USAID and the National Endowment for Democracy working with U.S. taxpayers' money to knock off an elected government in Ukraine, which is what they did. I wouldn't try to force the people of Ukraine into a deal with NATO against their interest or into a deal with the European Union, which is against their economic interest.
government people drug
The government could take away all the drugs in the world and people would spin around on their lawns until they fell down and saw God. Dennis Miller
government chinese journalist
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists. Edward Snowden
government nsa names
The public needs to know the kinds of things a government does in its name, or the 'consent of the governed' is meaningless... The consent of the governed is not consent if it is not informed.
government people granted
The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.
government long volunteer
I told the government I'd volunteer for prison, as long as it served the right purpose,
government ifs
If I defected at all, I defected from the government to the public
government nsa office
There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.
government people intimidating
Allowing the U.S. government to intimidate its people with threats of retaliation for revealing wrongdoing is contrary to the public interest.
government able truth-is
The US government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.
government whistleblowers administration
In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
government nsa people
I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they're secretly building.
government whistleblowers should
It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.
government giving want
The question is not whether we want to keep this open, neutral Internet - we do, or should - but whether government rulemaking can give us the result we want. Edward Felten