Quotes about government
government fruit doe
Are you entitled to the fruits of your own labor or does government have some presumptive right to spend and spend and spend? Ronald Reagan
government doe littles
Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, 'What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.' But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. Ronald Reagan
government guy voting
You can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. Ronald Reagan
government development proud
I'm proud of having been one of the first to recognize that states and the federal government have a duty to protect our natural resources from the damaging effects of pollution that can accompany industrial development. Ronald Reagan
government political liberty
As government expands, liberty contracts. Ronald Reagan
government
Either you will control your government, or government will control you. Ronald Reagan
government land rights
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal government-at point of bayonet if necessary-to restore that individual's constitutional rights Ronald Reagan
government liberty libertarian
Government is not the solution, but rather the cause of our problems. Ronald Reagan
government people should
. . . Government should do only those things the people cannot do for themselves. Ronald Reagan
government liberty individual
Individual liberty depends upon keeping government under control. Ronald Reagan
government world recognition
Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. Ronald Reagan
government welfare function
I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it. Ronald Reagan
government self competition
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue of centralized bureaucracy, of government by a self-anointed elite. Ronald Reagan
government royal titles
Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by the Indian government anymore. Saif Ali Khan
government justice mind
The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? Saint Augustine
government practice support
The Chinese government does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form, nor does it encourage or support Chinese companies to engage in such practices in any way. Xi Jinping
government media race
If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race. Yahoo Serious
government facts form
And gradually they're beginning to recognize the fact that there's nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But it's sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms. Wole Soyinka
government support folks
Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't. Winston Churchill
government availability analysis
... often analysis seems to be based on the assumption that future economic output is almost entirely determined by inexorable economic forces independently of government policy so that devoting more resources to one use inevitably detracts from availability for another. William Vickrey
government president world
Will somebody please tell me what they do with all the Vice-Presidents a bank has? Why the United States is the biggest business institution in the world, and they got only one Vice-President and nobody has ever found anything for him to do. Will Rogers
government amusement investigation
Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge. Will Rogers
government usual rich
How is the government going to get the extra taxes? Out of the rich, or just out of the poor, as usual? Will Rogers
government people dont-change
People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same. Will Rogers
government records awful
All I know is just what I read in the Congressional Record. They have had some awful funny articles in there lately. As our government deteriorates, our humor increases. Will Rogers
government years three
The Republicans have a habit of having three bad years and one good one, and the good one always happens to be election years. Will Rogers
government people president
He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone. Will Rogers
government poor democrat
Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us. Will Rogers
government dry vote
The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody that is sober enough to stagger to the polls will. Will Rogers
government politics doe
Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows, he doesn't know much. Will Rogers
government debt pay
A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due at a good time. Borrowing is the only thing that seems handy all the time. Will Rogers
government taxes-funny pay
It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for. Will Rogers
government agriculture dollars
The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more. Will Rogers