Quotes about government
government bigs big-government
Big government doesn't work! It just doesn't work! Lou Barletta
government worry people
People are always saying: 'They'll take care of it. The government will. Don't worry, they will'. They who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done. Michael Jackson
government might election
We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election it might fairly claim to have already conquered and ruined us. Abraham Lincoln
government reform moments
The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform. Alexis de Tocqueville
government justice says
New judge, new justice minister. The new government says there is going to be accountability so here we go, let's have some.
government move number
On a number of issues, the government, I think, will be more sympathetic, but they're going to have to move very cautiously and very carefully.
government heard history
I have never heard amaranth being seized, ... It's never been used as a narcotic. It has no history being under government scrutiny.
government people themselves
I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.
government political election
We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship. Jennifer Pahlka
government crooks want
Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder. James Carville
government self way
It would have been very alarming - morally, and in other ways too - if an attack of that nature, the 11 September attacks, had not aroused in us and in our governments and societies the spirit of self-defence. If that had not been one of the responses it seems to me there would have been very grave cause for concern. Christopher Hitchens
government people internet-freedom
Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom. Hillary Clinton
government soul world
Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost. Herbert Hoover
government people defense
By deriving it's just powers from the governed, government becomes primarily a mechanism for defense against bodily harm, theft, and involuntary servitude. It cannot claim the power to redistribute money or property nor to force reluctant citizens to perform acts of charity against their will. Government is created by the people. No individual possesses the power to take another's wealth or to force others to do good, so no government has the the right to do such things either. The creature cannot exceed the creator. Ezra Taft Benson
government miracle littles
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should unite in forming a system of national Government, so little liable to well founded objections. George Washington
government shadow substance
Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words, the confederation appears to me to be little more than a shadow without the substance . . . .
government influence
Influence is not government.
government worry political
I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that. George P. Shultz
government growth spending
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. George Osborne
government campaigns want
They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program. George W. Bush
government-intervention healthy mountain
Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy. George Carlin
government democracy half
Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. Felix Rohatyn
government development affair
The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.
government decay politics
The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control. Jethro Tull
government choices groups
Obama, startled that components of government behave as interest groups, seems utterly unfamiliar with public choice theory. It demystifies and de-romanticizes politics by applying economic analysis - how incentives influence behavior - to government. George Will
government president vote
I would vote for you for President but I'm against big government. Jeff Ross
government hands liberty
The government is good at one thing. It knows how to break your legs, and then hand you a crutch and say, "See if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk". Harry Browne
government doctrine favors
When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine. Bertrand Russell
government ground hit ready running
We really want to be ready to hit the ground running with this new government when it's ready to go. Condoleezza Rice
government parent
Government cannot be your parent. Jesse Ventura
government racism soldier
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. Geronimo
government office patents
There is a patent office at the seat of government of the universe, whose managers are as much interested in the dispersion of seeds as anybody at Washington can be, and their operations are infinitely more extensive and regular. Henry David Thoreau
government justice champion
While the Governor, and the Mayor, and countless officers of the Commonwealth are at large, the champions of liberty are imprisoned.