Government Quotes · Page 154

Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government.…

— Shimon Peres

People of our State know the commitment and sincerity with which my Government deals with issues concerning the State, including Left wing…

— Naveen Patnaik

God's law is 'right reason.' When perfectly understood it is called 'wisdom.' When applied by government in regulating human relations it is…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

India knows that the subject of Land is not with the Central Government and the Centre does not require lands. All rights…

— Narendra Modi

Of course the biggest mafia in Russia has always been the government; in Soviet times, the Communist Party, and now a circle…

— Martin Cruz Smith

Look at Mexico. We need to make that government better and end the corruption. If people have a better life in their…

— Tony Garza

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.

— Gary Webb

As the excited passions of hostile people are of themselves a powerful enemy, both the general and his government should use their…

— Antoine-Henri Jomini

The right of revolution is an inherent one. When people are oppressed by their government, it is a natural right they enjoy…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Those who proposed the Constitution knew, and those who ratified the Constitution also knew that this is...a limited government tied down to…

— James Madison

I am always looking for ways our government can help make everyday life easier for Ontarians, and these new polymer birth certificates…

— Kathleen Wynne

However, the Government has made it clear that we do not encourage the recruitment of teachers from developing nations where there may…

— Anonymous

In most legislatures, punctilious attention to correct usage is considered elitist. The word 'government,' for example, is normally pronounced 'gummint'; bureaucracy is…

— Molly Ivins

Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just…

— Hillary Clinton

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people…

— Al Gore

The United Nations emerged as a temple of official good intentions, a place where governments might - without abating their transgressions -…

— Shirley Hazzard

India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother,…

— Will Durant

“I think maybe the classic formulation was by David Hume in "Of the First Principles of Government," where he pointed out that…

— Noam Chomsky

I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow…

— Edward Abbey

It is only through opening your hearts will you be able to see that by promoting freedom for all, you are unchaining…

— Russell Simmons

Lets all be reminded, 60 million Americans are on Social Security, 60 million. A third of those people depend on 90% of…

— Mike Huckabee

I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I…

— James Madison

Oil is dead, on its way to extinction. As a group of citizens we must speak up and act towards ending fracking.…

— Ian Somerhalder

“Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought. At least, it was not simple if your ambitions included…

— Terry Pratchett

Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.

— Rick Perry

I think the country's getting disgusted with Washington partly because of the decline of civility in government.

— George McGovern

We [the U.S.] think nothing... of attempting to inflict upon other peoples forms of government ill-tailored to their needs.

— Ralph Peters

Legalized gambling cost taxpayers $3 for every $1 in state revenue to government

— John Warren Kindt

We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.

— Thomas Jefferson

Science has made unrestricted national sovereignty incompatible with human survival. The only possibilities are now world government or death.

— Bertrand Russell

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.

— Van Jones

We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.

— Karen Horney

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

— Jenny Shipley

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

In the nineteenth century, slavery was the greatest wrong, and government never stood so tall as when it was redressing that wrong.

— William Weld

My government is giving residential, health facilities to poor as poverty can be removed only by empowering them.

— Ram Nath Kovind

I resent it when any part of the government refers to people who have money in the pejorative.

— Judy Sheindlin

People from all walks of life have benefited from pro-people schemes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

— Anurag Thakur

Increasingly, the Chinese will own a lot more of the world because they will be converting their dollar reserves and U.S. government…

— George Soros