Government Quotes · Page 246

Silicon Valley benefits, as all of industry, from highly protectionist policy - patent policies and things like that - which come out…

— Noam Chomsky

People may not know what tier of government has competence over which policy area but they do draw a distinction between the…

— Chuka Umunna

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

— Jesse Ventura

Government sponsors untold waste, criminality and inequality in every sphere of life it touches, giving little or nothing in return.

— Doug Casey

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to…

— Harold Laski

If you are for smaller government, then our candidate is for you. We are for better government and smaller government.

— Bill Clinton

There's no substitute for business investment, business innovation - it's not government that creates jobs in towns and cities across the U.K.

— Rachel Reeves

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like…

— Mitt Romney

For far too long, the people of Northern Ireland have been denied an equal voice and equal representation in government. It is…

— James T. Walsh

I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print…

— John Steinbeck

If the multitude is possessed of the balance of real estate, the multitude will have the balance of power, and in that…

— John Adams

At 16, out of school and pregnant, my own life could have been written off. It was the help I had from…

— Angela Rayner

In order to fulfill the aspirations of masses, we have to sharpen the tool called the government machinery: we have to make…

— Narendra Modi

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our…

— Mitt Romney

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity without funding from the royal family or the government. But I have met the Queen,…

— Lucy Worsley

Government, in its ultimate form, is the biggest philanthropher based in the world. And Bill Gates also said that he could do…

— Shiv Nadar

There's a true schizophrenia where if you say to voters, you know, do you think the federal government spends too much money…

— Bill Gates

Government is saying to the average citizen every January 1: 'For the next five months you'll be working for us, for goals…

— Dick Armey

“Let us fool ourselves no longer. At the very moment Western nations, threw off the ancient regime of absolute government, operating under…

— Lewis Mumford

The mindset of legislating for the betterment of society guarantees the growth of the beast. ... Politicians see government as a solution…

— R. Lee Wrights

The more we can encourage entrepreneurship, particularly for young people, the more they have hope. That requires some reforms in these [African]…

— Barack Obama

It is important to remember that government interference always means either violent action or the threat of such action. Government is in…

— Ludwig von Mises

Clinton set up an entire secret, unsecured communications structure outside of the government she was charged with serving at the highest level;…

— Matthew Whitaker

There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power,…

— William S. Burroughs

The government is a tyrant living by theft, and therefore has no business to engage in any business.

— Benjamin Tucker

Members of Congress concerned about human rights in Vietnam are right to maintain a healthy skepticism about its government's intentions.

— Tom Malinowski

Veterans Affairs (VA) is a mess of a government agency and too often abuses the rights and interests of veterans it is…

— Tom Fitton

The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.

— Ludwig von Mises

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years…

— Timothy Noah

By its nature, governments and taxes are not voluntary. Government actions are violent and coercive, and theft as well.

— Jeff Berwick

A man's admiration of absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

— Ezra Stiles

We were poor when I was young but the difference was that the government didn't come around telling you you were poor.

— Ronald Reagan

There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them.

— Ludwig von Mises

If I had to use a single word to describe what is fundamentally wrong with government today, I would use the word…

— Robert Higgs

My career goal is to work as a liaison between organized medicine, government, and third-party payers.

— David Shulkin

There's an old saying that victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan… I'm the responsible officer of the Government.

— John F. Kennedy

“If the people who make the decisions are the people who will also bear the consequences of those decisions, perhaps better decisions…

— John Abrams

What would happen if we financed somebody in the U.S. to destabilize the government of George W. Bush? They would go to…

— Hugo Chavez

It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.

— Mel Martinez