Government Quotes · Page 128

All you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?

— Assata Shakur

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

— William Weld

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

— Alan Dershowitz

“The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.”

— Albert Camus

Consumer: A person who is capable of choosing a president but incapable of choosing a bicycle without help from a government agency.

— Herbert Stein

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

— Pramila Jayapal

I would say that in this world, the greatest source of inequality has been special privileges granted by government.

— Milton Friedman

Right is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.

— Amos Bronson Alcott

I don't think any government is going to go back on the reforms process. There is no government that won't attempt to…

— Kumar Mangalam Birla

The most important funder of the British Brexit campaign had odd Russian contacts. So did some cabinet ministers in Poland's supposedly anti-Russian,…

— Anne Applebaum

The shocking possibility that dumb people don't exist in sufficient numbers to warrant the millions of careers devoted to tending them will…

— John Taylor Gatto

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it…

— Vilfredo Pareto

One side of the American psyche wants smaller government, lower taxes, and more choices for individuals, even if those choices increase risk.…

— Ron Fournier

Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of…

— Aga Khan IV

“Obviously these are some exceptional young people, but what they have in common is that they were ordinary people who cared. They…

— Morgan Carroll

In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect…

— Jonathan Krohn

Our Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to be the fount of all wisdom. As a matter of fact they were…

— Rick Perry

You might be tempted to think that China has a Streisand-effect problem, in which trying to censor an event creates even more…

— Zeynep Tufekci

We also need to encourage Americans to become more fiscally responsible themselves. We can do this by redesigning our tax system into…

— Edwin Feulner

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government…

— James Madison

Interest-rate swaps are a tool used by big cities, major corporations and sovereign governments to manage their debt, and the scale of…

— Matt Taibbi

I come from the state of Michigan. We were the first English-speaking government in the world to outlaw the death penalty, back…

— Michael Moore

I say unto you with all the soberness I can, that we stand in danger of losing our liberties, and that once…

— J. Reuben Clark

If we're going to improve the environment, the first thing we should do is duck the government. The second thing we should…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Voters cannot hold officials responsible if they do not know what government is doing, or which parts of government are doing what.

— George Will

We'd be very happy to work with any government of the day which the people in India elect.

— Shehbaz Sharif

Throughout history government has seldom hesitated from robbing its citizens in a crisis.

— James Cook

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

— Thomas Jefferson

The people should make the final decision on Brexit when they see the government's Brexit deal.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I know now why confusion in government is not only tolerated but encouraged. I have learned. A confused people can make no…

— John Steinbeck

I would do anything that helps people do things better. Even if the Indian government comes to me for anything, I would…

— Pranav Mistry

But on the contrary Wikileaks is under heavy attack by the government and corporations are participating in that by closing down their…

— Noam Chomsky

“A cover-up is my expectation when interacting with the government regarding illegal corporate activities.”

— Steven Magee

I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as…

— Bob Hawke

I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

— Alec Baldwin

A strong devolved government is vital so that we have proper local decision-making, helping to strengthen the economy and build a more…

— David Lidington

The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.

— James Buchanan

Sovereignty should lie with the people of Scotland, not a Westminster Government we didn't vote for with the ability to overrule our…

— Humza Yousaf

A real possibility now exists for a Government that is not led by either Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil

— Gerry Adams

We have a lot of things we give away to people who are very, very wealthy in this country. And I'm not…

— Claire McCaskill