Government Quotes · Page 195

I stand before you today because this vision of government as the engine of opportunity is what I believe in.

— Eliot Spitzer

Public unions are the country's foremost advocates for increased taxes at all levels of government.

— Jonah Goldberg

We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within.

— Reuven Rivlin

The government could fix everything that's wrong with the country if they'd simply read my Facebook updates.

— Anonymous

I'm not at liberty to discuss the governments knowledge of extraterrestrial UFO's at this time. I am still personally being briefed on…

— Richard M. Nixon

The government has no business telling an individual what kind of light bulb to buy.

— Michele Bachmann

Lower taxes, less government spending on domestic programs and fewer regulations mean a better economy for everybody.

— Larry Elder

Half the population hold that the government is run by a few big interests looking out for themselves, as polls regularly show.

— Noam Chomsky

Our clear goal must be the advancement of the white race and separation of the white and black races. This goal must…

— David Duke

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition,…

— Manmohan Singh

After the separation of children from families seeking to join the United States was embraced as the official policy of our government,…

— Ben Rhodes

Free government cannot long endure if property is largely in a few hands, and large masses of people are unable to earn…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what…

— Henry Ford

Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their…

— Jim DeMint

The best way to understand this whole issue is to look at what the government does: it takes money from some people,…

— Dave Barry

I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are…

— Lawrence Wright

“Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a…

— Philip K. Howard

In studying the fate of our forest king, we have thus far considered the action of purely natural causes only; but, unfortunately,…

— John Muir

The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the…

— Al Franken

The political system of the United States is essentially extra-European. To stand in firm and cautious independence of all entanglement in the…

— John Quincy Adams

A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs…

— Frosty Wooldridge

Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is…

— Paul Krugman

I do not think that the government, under the guise of some phony, alarmist, pseudo-scientific rhetoric, should attempt to control the evolution…

— Terence McKenna

The only way to stop it [terrorism] is to work with the leaders of Islamic nations to insure that tolerance of other…

— Richard A. Clarke

“Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it?”

— Simon S. Tam

Moreover, Hispanics' sympathy for big government represents a cultural predilection as well as an economic one.

— Heather Mac Donald

The heavy hand of government and its rules are causing family businesses to shutter their doors.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Civil servants and government functionaries do not write memoirs because they hope to get more government jobs or assignments.

— Sanjaya Baru

The future of my government is not in the hands of the opposition. The steering wheel is in my hands.

— Uddhav Thackeray

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.

— Thomas P. Campbell

Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Americans.

— Anonymous

The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.

— Mia Love

I expect nothing from the government but I expect everything from people. There is a need to update ourselves, our values and…

— Sonam Wangchuk

Hispanics' support for the Democratic economic agenda, both in California and nationally, stems in part from their receipt of government assistance.

— Heather Mac Donald

Taxpayers deserve a government that harnesses technology to better serve the people.

— Matt Blunt

Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans.

— R. H. Tawney

I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.

— Bianca Jagger

When the people fear a government, they're a tyranny. When a government fears the people, there is liberty.

— John Basil Barnhill

To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.

— Samuel Johnson

Vote for me because I have a clear vision and have experience working at the top of Government.

— Suella Braverman