Quotes about government
government self citizenship
Good government is no substitute for self-government. Mahatma Gandhi
government regulation helping
Modi government has not flouted any rule or regulation to help anyone. Gautam Adani
government talking fields
Lobbyists really are experts in their fields and know what they are talking about. That's why the government always listens to them as they tell the government what it's doing wrong and what it should be doing instead... Gail Collins
government car choices
I do know that all of the Michigan delegation worked very hard as related to the revival of the auto industry. There was really a choice between bankruptcy and liquidation. There was no one that was willing to come up not only with the cash to keep them afloat but also to serve the warranties of everyone, you and I that drive all these cars. There was no one that could have picked up those pieces other than the federal government. [The auto bailout was] bipartisan from the get-go. [Without it,] Michigan would have hit 40 percent unemployment rates. Fred Upton
government class people
If we have more people on the receiving end of government - more people as the middle class becomes sucked in more and more to these entitlement programs, for example - then we're going to be in a place where it's going to be hard to go back. It's going to be hard to go back again. It's going to be hard to take away stuff. It's not impossible. Fred Thompson
government long acting
There's nothing hard about acting except the long hours.
government majority prejudice
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority. Maggie Gallagher
government people faults
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
government people revolution
It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions.
government teach dies
What government is the best? That which teaches us to govern ourselves. [Ger., Welche Regierung die beste sei? Diejenige die uns lehrt uns selbst zu regieren.]
government individual century
The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.
government politics easy
To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
government should steers
Government should steer, not row. Joe Lhota
government boxing owing
When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million. Joe Louis
government united-states visionaries
Margaret Thatcher was a 20th century visionary who understood the power of individual freedom versus the tyranny of government collectivism. She was a loyal supporter and friend of the United States and her terms as prime minister were marked as the beginning of the resurgence of the economy of the United Kingdom.
government born streaks
I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.
government right-direction
Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.
government hussein als
There are extensive contacts between Saddam Hussein's government and al Qaeda. Joe Lieberman
government white people
I have nothing against a community that is made up of people who are Polish, or who are Czechoslovakians, or who are French Canadians or who are blacks trying to maintain the ethnic purity of their neighborhoods. This is a natural inclination. [..] Government should not break up a neighborhood on a numerical basis. As soon as the Government does, the white folks flee. Jimmy Carter
government people use
I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods.
government birth partnership
There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings. John C. Malone
government liberty democracy
The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty. John C. Calhoun
government abuse tendencies
Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.
government community political
It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals, that is, by what is usually called, a social compact. To express it more concisely, it is federal and not national because it is the government of a community of States, and not the government of a single State or Nation.
government people majority
The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently checked, it is the most tyrannical and oppressive that can be devised.
government-intervention way conspiracy
There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention. Henry Paulson
government choices want
The government don't want to talk about the consequences of the choices they make. They pretend there aren't any consequences. Johann Lamont
government lucky coalitions
You're lucky to head a coalition government. I am a coalition government on my own. John Major
government law people
If any one shall claim a power to lay and levy taxes on the people by his own authority and without such consent of the people, he thereby invades the fundamental law of property, and subverts the end of government. John Locke
government stated support
As we stated before, the U.S. government does not support the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline. Frederick Jones
government kids responsibility share
All of us -- parents, schools, communities and government -- share responsibility to keep kids safe. Bill Clinton
government indeed money paying
A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo. David Harsanyi
government seems
It seems like the government is kneeling before the US. Rajnath Singh