Government Quotes · Page 270

Government works less efficiently when it begins to grow out of control and takes on more and more of the responsibilities that…

— Jesse Ventura

You can auction coal blocks. All natural resources of government should be auctioned.

— Subramanian Swamy

In South America, the government of Peru goes door to door pressuring women to be sterilized and they are funded by American…

— Mark Earley

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand…

— Ed Koch

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

— Madeleine Albright

To ensure financial stability, we expect the provision of U.S. government securities settlement services to be robust in nearly all contingencies.

— Jerome Powell

Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

— Anonymous

I notice that freedom of expression of an E.U. member of Parliament who denounces the actions of ISIS allows the French government…

— Marine Le Pen

It's a rare human being who understands intellectually and emotionally the freedoms contained within our Constitution and the right of every human…

— Geoffrey Fieger

But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series…

— Ezra Stiles

The president [Barack Obama] understands that the country's very concerned about [terrorism] issue. And I think what you're going to hear from…

— Barack Obama

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them…

— John Boehner

Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP…

— Ari Melber

I think Jason Chaffetz was correct to call for an investigation into the Government Ethics Department in the government for the positions…

— Reince Priebus

American POWs from the last Iraq war, who were held prisoner and tortured by Iraq, are now being prevented by our government…

— Dana Rohrabacher

Marco Rubio was fighting to grant amnesty and not to secure the border, I was fighting to secure the border. And this…

— Ted Cruz

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been…

— James F. Cooper

The law enforcement agents believe they cannot call terrorism "terrorism" unless and until they uncover evidence proving that the Muslim mass murderers…

— Rush Limbaugh

What's to be believed? Or does it matter at all? When mass murder's been answered with mass murder, rape with rape, hate…

— Walter M. Miller, Jr

We are descended from a people whose government was founded on liberty; our glorious forefathers of Great Britain made liberty the foundation…

— Patrick Henry

As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the…

— James Madison

To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the…

— Thomas Jefferson

The logic of all this seems to be that it is all right for young people in a democracy to learn about…

— Carl L. Becker

The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It's played a…

— John Major

With any new civilization... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that.

— Jimi Hendrix

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the…

— George C. Marshall

We cannot denounce white supremacy and allow its endorsers to continue serving in our government.

— Cori Bush

Many people leave government disillusioned about its ability to achieve change and cynical about politicians. I left with rather opposite lessons.

— Geoff Mulgan

As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

If the government ever imposes a tax on books - and I wouldn't put it past them - I'm in dead trouble.

— Terry Pratchett

Those policies - more taxes, more regulation, more debt, more spending, more government - will make American worse. It just will, in…

— Jeff Sessions

That guns do more than protect us from criminals; more importantly, they protect us from the ongoing threat of government.

— Lyn Nofziger

Accuracy is not only in the home. Philosophers often bring accuracy to their thoughts.

— Ilkin Santak

Give government the weapons to fight your enemy and it will use them against you.

— Harry Browne

The government will see that human spaceflight is useful - for science and the economy - and inspirational.

— Helen Sharman

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.

— Jesse Ventura

“We do need a system, and we do need you and your 'Bertos, and sometimes we need Sam to just come along…

— Michael Grant

This is the United States of America and the government cannot intrude into worship. We stand on that amendment.

— John MacArthur

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

— John Pilger

[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.

— Thomas Jefferson