Government Quotes · Page 117

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

— Algernon Sidney

Every voter has a right to criticise a government and comment on its functioning.

— Radha Ravi

The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.

— Noam Chomsky

Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by…

— Saif Ali Khan

When this government [Chiang Kaishek's] finally fell there was no one ready to teach the Chinese the human way of life.

— L. Ron Hubbard

The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'

— Andrew P. Harris

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation…

— Sam Brownback

Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act…

— Noam Chomsky

Businessmen should not put their finger in politics, because they tend to think only of their own self-interest. But I worry about…

— Diego Della Valle

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Let the free market for wireless services and devices flourish. If the government gets out of the way, the wireless marketplace will…

— Ajit Pai

I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have…

— Barack Obama

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and…

— John Locke

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable…

— Kevin Gutzman

Laying the groundwork for smaller, smarter government, especially at the federal level, is going to be tough. But it is essential for…

— Charles Koch

When we do not understand something, a common reaction is to fear it. In government, this is the usual, and encouraged, reaction.…

— John McAfee

...the mass media. What are they? They're huge corporations, massive corporations, linked up with even bigger corporations. They sell audiences to other…

— Noam Chomsky

While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have…

— Bari Weiss

I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions…

— Moby

Because it is a monopoly, government brings inefficiency and stagnation to most things it runs; government agencies pursue the inflation of their…

— Matt Ridley

It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed--and we face other delays during the…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Everyone should be concerned about Internet anarchy in which anybody can pretend to be anybody else, unless something is done to stop…

— Thomas Sowell

To straddle the middle ground and win elections, we have to be in charge of the political agenda. This can only be…

— Lee Kuan Yew

Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate, no despotism can enslave. At…

— Joseph Addison

If you want to slow medical inflation in the private sector, it makes sense to expand the government's investment in private health…

— Timothy Noah

The priority for my government is that there will be development for everyone, equally.

— Michelle Bachelet

This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.

— Gracie Allen

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

— James Cook

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

— George Mason

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

— John McCain

Lowering the middle-class tax rate... will likely lower work efforts and increase government dependence.

— Edward Conard

I can't understand what's holding up our missile program. It's the first time the government ever had trouble making the taxpayers' money…

— Bob Hope

So actually we didn't have any contacts with UFO organizations. It was all strictly government.

— Betty Hill

Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.

— Andrew P. Harris

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.

— Thomas Jefferson

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government.

— Milton Friedman

The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that

— Patricia Schroeder

Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility.

— Alcee Hastings

Today we can declare: Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the…

— Bill Clinton

No single piece of macroeconomic advice given by the experts to their government has ever had the results predicted.

— Peter Drucker