Government Quotes · Page 272

Republicans must reject chaos and remove the shackles of dysfunction from our government.

— Colin Allred

Just a recognition of the reality of decision-making and the state of play in the government of Israel.

— Richard Boucher

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

— Gale Norton

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government…

— Valerie Jarrett

There is a lot of waste in government-run programs generally, and a lot of waste and fraud and misuse of money in…

— Chuck Grassley

There is a very serious fiscal-policy question of, 'Are we running our overall fiscal policy such that we as a government can…

— Anonymous

No government could survive without champagne. In the throat of our diplomatic people [it] is like oil in the wheels of an…

— Joseph Dargent

We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the…

— Robert Kennedy

I would like to think that I have followed in the proper tradition of attorneys-general, providing good quality advice to my colleagues…

— Dominic Grieve

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind…

— Thomas Jefferson

The truth is that very few newspapers in the country are willing to do a fair and impartial investigation into the shenanigans…

— Sucheta Dalal

You know, plenty of people headed off to Canada or America on the basis of government information, propaganda campaigns. Often you'd go…

— Emma Donoghue

The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity…

— Edward Snowden

I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first…

— Mahathir Mohamad

I had a very normal, very typical American childhood. My father worked for the government at the Pentagon and my mother was…

— Jeff Kinney

I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a…

— Ted Nugent

I should say that Canada is one of the major criminals, not just the tar sands and so on, but even mining…

— Noam Chomsky

I'm sure the government of Qatar is not coming in to grow food for the people of Kenya; it's coming to grow…

— Wangari Maathai

You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that…

— Zechariah Chafee

Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of…

— James Madison

I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions,…

— Henry David Thoreau

During the first formative centuries of its existence, Christianity was separated from and indeed antagonistic to the state, with which it only…

— Bernard Lewis

The religious rightwingism is directly linked to globalization and to privatization. When India is talking about selling its entire power sector to…

— Arundhati Roy

The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because…

— James Madison

It is a government of the people by the people for the people no longer it is a government of corporations by…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace, that two become a lawfirm, and that three or…

— Sherman Edwards

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.

— Barbara Tuchman

Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills.

— Ronald Reagan

We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be…

— Crazy Horse

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into…

— Moshe Dayan

The general public believes that if a health claim is on the label the government backs that up, ... This sells food…

— Marion Nestle

The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

— Sandi Toksvig

While I am a fervent believer in free markets and limited government, there are rare instances in which government involvement is necessary.

— Steve Largent

Socialism's not a word that I use. I say 'social democracy' because I don't think the government needs to own all the…

— David Cunliffe

A boatload of government money is indeed a gift. Unless, I suppose, you're one of the saps paying for the cargo.

— David Harsanyi

There is room here for everyone inspired by the desire to transform the way that government works and give people more control…

— Nick Boles

“The health care bill is nothing about health care- it's about controlling the people.”

— David Lincoln

Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

And so the reliance on Property, including the reliance on governments which protect it, is the want of self-reliance.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Social Security is a fraudulent scheme in which the government collect money from you for your retirement - and immediately spend the…

— Harry Browne