Government Quotes · Page 208

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes.

— Felix Frankfurter

To me, that's the role of government: not to give people a hand out, but a hand up... giving people the tools…

— James Langevin

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run…

— Michael Novak

Democratic government can rise no higher than the intelligence, purpose and conscience of the individual citizen.

— Ritu Ghatourey

All government operation is wasteful, inefficient, and serves the bureaucrat rather than the consumer.

— Murray Rothbard

“The Nazi's were the era of crimes against the Jews and modern corporate governments are the era of silent crimes against humanity.”

— Steven Magee

There is no way to stabilize the markets other than through government intervention.

— Henry Paulson

It is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task.

— Yitzhak Rabin

It is crucial that there is a government in Madrid secure enough to engage with Catalonia politically rather than continue the denial…

— Carles Puigdemont

So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state…

— Joseph Story

I'm very, very worried about the invasion of privacy rights that we're seeing not only from the N.S.A. and the government but…

— Bernie Sanders

I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a…

— Anonymous

There are so many things that we could do to change the world in so many aspects. There are people working in…

— Annie Lennox

The essential psychological requirement of a free society is the willingness on the part of the individual to accept responsibility for his…

— Thomas Paine

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with…

— Lee Child

The government doesn't want us to know what they're doing, how they're interpreting the law, how they're interpreting and redefining their powers,…

— Edward Snowden

The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly…

— Patrick Henry

Left-wing social policies sicken our behavior and corrupt our culture. People bend principles and sacrifice integrity to get as much as they…

— James Cook

Being satisfied to drink the dregs from the cup of human progress will not demonstrate our fitness as a people to exist…

— Marcus Garvey

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

as a lobbyist he had long ago concluded there was no difference in how Democrats and Republicans conducted the business of government.…

— Carl Hiaasen

I remember my emotions the day we watched Nelson Mandela walk out of prison Writing & literature in South Africa during the…

— Achmat Dangor

The corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds. The task of cleaning the corridors of power (or…

— Narendra Modi

It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of…

— James Madison

Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.

— Harry Browne

In short, corruption destroys the 'deal' - the bargain - between the citizen and the state; and it harms the poorest most.

— Hilary Benn

Real estate deals a lot with the government. It isn't like manufacturing, logistics, home appliances or the auto sector, which deal with…

— Wang Jianlin

My government is delivering our plan for Queensland's economic recovery and the resources sector will continue to be an important part of…

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

I don't necessarily believe in aliens coming to the States, and I don't buy into the government cover-up.

— Jeri Ryan

A back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe... I don't support a back door for any government,…

— Tim Cook

After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.

— Howard Coble

Voting is not a right. It is a method used to determine which politician was most able to brainwash you.

— Dennis E Adonis

People are afraid to own their own homes. People are afraid their own government will catch them fixing their houses.

— Dave Barry

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our…

— William J. Clinton

A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.

— Jesse Ventura

At no time in the past century has public distrust of the government been so broadly distributed across the political spectrum, as…

— Phil Zimmermann

The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.

— Tommy Douglas

The way I look at it is this, as Republicans, we look for less government interference in our lives.

— Craig Benson

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

— Walter Bagehot