Quotes about government
government royal glee
Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public. Rod Stewart
government understanding tasks
I would like the government to do all it can to mitigate, then, in understanding, in mutuality of interest, in concern for the common good, our tasks will be solved. Warren G
government
Less government in business and more business in government. Warren G. Harding
government citizens needs
We need citizens who are less concerned about what their government can do for them, and more concerned about what they can do for the nation.
government onions layers
Government is like an onion. To understand it, you have to peel through many different layers. Most outsiders never get beyond the first or second layer. Warren G. Bennis
government income gone
...100% of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the Federal Debt...all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services taxpayers expect from government. Ronald Reagan
government nuts political
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.
government remember-you remembers-you
It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp.
government desire libertarian
The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom.
government doe function
Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector.
government practice earth
It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth.
government order law
When the Commander-in-Chief of a nation finds it necessary to order employees of the government or agencies of the government to do things that would technically break the law, he has to be able to declare it legal for them to do that.
government size problem
Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.
government sailor would-be
We could say they government spend like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money.
government littles too-much
When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.
government lasts program
Nothing lasts longer than a temporary government program.
government car people
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.' 'We the people' tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us. 'We the people' are the driver, the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the world's constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which 'We the people' tell the government what it is allowed to do. 'We the people' are free.
government desire helping
Government is never more dangerous than when our desire to have it help us blinds us to its great power to harm us.
government giving stealing
Government Steals from the needy and gives to the greedy
government people presidential
We the people tell the government what to do, it doesn't tell us.
government presidential lasts
If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.
government presidential special
We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.
government presidential decision
Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.
government people presidential
Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people.
government libertarian size
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size.
government federal-government states
The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.
government size social
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.
government politics problem
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
government political voting
No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth!
government people debt
The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much.
government games hell
Free enterprise is a rough and competitive game. It is a hell of a lot better than a government monopoly.
government people wealth
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.
government answers doe
The . . . inescapable truth is: government does not have all the answers. In too many instances, government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.