Government Quotes · Page 285

I want the government to resign and an emergency government to be proclaimed, preferably made up of women. They can't do worse…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

Sequestration was not designed to be anyone's ideal method for getting our hands around government spending, and it certainly isn't mine.

— Johnny Isakson

I am opposed to term limits because if we did not have seasoned professionals, we would not have the good government that…

— George Will

In the Biden-Harris Administration, we believe that the most solemn responsibility of the government is to make life better for children in…

— Neera Tanden

It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the…

— Rohini Nilekani

It's up to any government to decide how to react to the denial of basic human rights anywhere in the world, including…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Competition does a much more effective job than government at protecting consumers.

— Thomas Sowell

Government is so big today that more than half the population gets a major part of its income from the state.

— John Stossel

The process of creating new, democratic organs of government power is beginning, and, as never before, the greatest responsibility rests with the…

— Anonymous

Any decision to use lethal force against a United States citizen - even one intent on murdering Americans and who has become…

— Eric Holder

With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them.…

— James Madison

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets…

— Carly Fiorina

Cinema halls must be preserved by us and by the government. That business is in trouble today with monumental maintenance costs of…

— Anubhav Sinha

All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward…

— Igor Luksic

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the…

— Otto von Bismarck

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

I am willing to spend whatever it takes … My moral standard compels me to speak out on this issue because I…

— Sheldon Adelson

I don't like to just talk of Africa, and south of the Sahara in general. No, I'll talk about the Third World…

— Huey Newton

I totally rule out any arrangements with the SNP — in the same way I rule out any arrangements with Ukip -…

— Nick Clegg

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to…

— Henry Louis Mencken

The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares…

— Malcolm X

Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means…

— Anonymous

In terms of how Iranians see the U.S. government, that's a difficult question. But in terms of how Iranians see Americans, there…

— Jason Rezaian

My vision of a better world would be one under the control of a strong United Nations, one that truly has the…

— Lloyd Bridges

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

— George Osborne

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.

— Joe Biden

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to…

— P. Chidambaram

“A government or an administration, who means and acts honestly, has nothing to fear, and consequently has nothing to conceal;”

— Thomas Paine

When I play for the country, I represent the country and not any specific government that is ruling or not ruling.

— Jwala Gutta

I am obligated to and will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes to the United States government,

— Eduardo Saverin

For too long, government bureaucracies have hindered the growth of businesses not only in Louisiana, but all across the United States.

— Mike Johnson

I've always believed, since my first time running for office, that good government is good politics.

— Josh Shapiro

Private sector cannot substitute the role of the government in primary education.

— Azim Premji

When there is conflict between what God requires and the demands of the government, each of us has an important decision to…

— Tony Campolo

In city hall and in local government, you have to get things done without drama.

— Jim Gray

We know that the governments in most of the successor states formed after the collapse of the Soviet Union are replaced through…

— Garry Kasparov

We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded…

— Denis Kearney

We need a government that takes climate change seriously, one that doesn't shunt it to the side-lines.

— Layla Moran

If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.

— I. F. Stone

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

— Alexander Woollcott