Famous Quotes & Sayings

William O. Douglas

The right to dissent is the only thing that makes life tolerable for a judge of an appellate court... the affairs of government could not be conducted by democratic standards without it.

William O. Douglas

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government.

William O. Douglas

We are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government.

William O. Douglas

The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people.

William Penn

Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.

Zoe Lofgren

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government.

Zhang Xin

Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the government is committed to continue the Open Door policy, they will need to come up with concrete policies and execution steps to increase confidence.

Barry Goldwater

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

Recount or no recount, there's going to be a government without a strong mandate or much flexibility.

Sitaram Yechury

Parliament has to urgently and immediately take up the issue. It is up to the government to see how they do it. Parliament will have to enact the law. Eventually, even it (ordinance) will have to come to parliament.

Investors tend not to have a big problem with split government because for many investors, the government that governs the least is the government that governs the best.

In three weeks the government will be stable.

Kevin McCarthy

In Washington, we've seen enough tax hikes, government takeovers, bailouts, and other big government solutions under Speaker Pelosi's control.

Chellie Pingree

I never thought I'd see the day when the U.S. government could listen in on phone conversations or read private mail without first obtaining a warrant from a court. That sounds more like something that happened in the Soviet Union.

Jeb Bush

In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'

Elaine Pagels

I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a secular relationship to government 2,000 years ago, and those people were the Jews.

If the McGuinty government doesn't return all of the money plus interest, I think that is an issue for the ombudsman or for the auditor,

David Peterson

If the Lord government wants an election, they will have no trouble getting one.

If you're not here legally, you shouldn't get government benefits, Americans say overwhelmingly.

Tom Harkin

If you like the government shutdown, then you'll like this impeachment trial, because it will go on for a long time.

If you like big government, move to Massachusetts.

Malcolm Gladwell

In the government's eyes, the Branch Davidians were a threat.

Chuck Todd

Instinctively the conventional wisdom says, OK, veterans are probably a Republican voting bloc. But older voters are usually very much more split or even lean Democrat, because they more lean on the government safety net.

George Osborne

In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.

John Cornyn

It has to do with our suspicion and skepticism of government power being able to take private property.

Bharati Mukherjee

I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.

Can the government introduce price relaxations gradually enough so as to keep CPI at two-three percent a year?,

Rob Lowe

Individuals usually do a better job than the government.

I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson.

I'm happy only because I know it's something that keeps the government in the circle,

If the President does not withdraw this idea for a Joint Mechanism, we will leave the government on June 16.

If we want to have open government and have people participate, they need to know how to get involved.

I just think that we need a government that is, perhaps, more open. I think we need to be more proactive, rather than reactionary.