Quotes about government
government wish politics
He has to conceal what he would most wish to make public, and make public what he would most wish to conceal. Winston Churchill
government house politics
Elections exist for the sake of the House of Commons and not the House of Commons for the sake of elections.
government people politics
it is the people who control the Government, not the Government the people.
government politics conservative
You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.
government doers earth
The Bible says that God puts government on earth to punish evildoers. Not good-doers. Evildoers. Rick Warren
government self law
It is unclear how disarming law-abiding citizens would better protect them from the dangers and threats posed by those who would flout the law. It is at just such times that the constitutional right to self-defense is most precious and must be protected from government overreach. Rick Scott
government self people
Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self. Trent Lott
government constituents
Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable. Steve Womack
government people execution
...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people. Vince Flynn
government arms bears
We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars; we have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government. Vince Vaughn
government firsts principles
Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the re-establishment of its original constitution. Samuel Johnson
government long revolution
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.
government may revolution
He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. We have always protected the Americans; we may therefore subject them to government.
government long safe
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
government ordinary royalty
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.
government law definitions
The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer private property from one person to another, even interpreting the Constitution on the basis of foreign and international laws. Sam Brownback
government finals ends
The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good. Rufus Choate
government georgia honest
I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government Roy Barnes
government people citizens
Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong. Ronald Reagan
government people growth
We are a nation that has a government - not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people It is time to check and reverse the growth of government which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
government people paper
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government. What we create we ought to be able to control.
government conservative helping
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
government next conservative
It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society. William Hague
government law people
Wherever the Government does not emanate...from the people, the principle of the Government, the esprit de corps, the point of honour, in all those connected with it, and raised by it to privileges above the law and above humanity, will be hatred to the people. William Hazlitt
government liberty libertarian
The fact throughout history is that whenever government dominates the economic affairs of its citizenry, a free society is eroded, then destroyed, and a minority government ensues. Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other. William E. Simon
government enemy readiness
We cannot hope to be secure when our government has declared, by its readiness to act alone, its willingness to be everybody's enemy. Wendell Berry
government simplicity doe
So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands.
government community doubt
We need better government, no doubt about it. But we also need better minds, better friendships, better marriages, better communities.
government giving want
If you want to liberate a government, give them the Internet. Wael Ghonim
government people government-politics
Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people. Young Jeezy
government personal-freedom private-life
Let's get the government stay out of our private lives, once and for all, and stop arresting smokers. Let's take a stand for personal freedom. Willie Nelson
government self people
Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which are continuously subjected to critique, rebuttal, and reexamination. William O. Douglas
government may violence
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected spokesmen represent the Establishment, violence may be the only effective response.