Government Quotes · Page 311

Freedom unexercised may be freedom forfeited. The preservation of freedom is in the hands of the people themselves - not of the…

— Margaret Chase Smith

Government was instituted by God to bring His laws to people and to carry out His will and purposes.

— Pat Robertson

When you see government leaders really bullying business, you know that government's economic policy is failing. They get angry and they get…

— Amity Shlaes

We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.

— Anita Roddick

I'd say that one area where my political views have remained unchanged is that, I am opposed to the government spying on…

— Tom Morello

The goal of the government is to guarantee the place of Greece in the eurozone against those who want to undermine it.

— Yiannis Stournaras

What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s…

— Stephen Kinzer

Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Let me make our goal . . . very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs . . . . Our policy…

— Ronald Reagan

I believe in friendly compromise. I said over in the Senate hearings that truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise…

— Gerald R. Ford

Government paved the on-ramp to space. Now, the vehicles taking us up to the space highway are being built by citizens, leveraging…

— Rick Tumlinson

Good Government is not intrusive the people are hardly aware of it; the next best is felt yet loved; then comes that…

— Laozi

However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are…

— Dick Thornburgh

Since the election, since the formation of a government, the death in Iraq has increased. The United States stands by, helpless to…

— Mark Shields

Becoming carbon neutral is only the beginning. The climate problem will not be solved by one company reducing its emissions to zero,…

— Rupert Murdoch

No people without a government of their own can expect to be treated on the same level as people of independent sovereign…

— Kwame Nkrumah

One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal…

— Dan Barker

It seems that the problem with government as an institution is uniformly bad, worldwide. It may be the ONLY thing that binds…

— Frank Zappa

Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's. And although a whisper is better than the silence that…

— Seth Rogen

Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms…

— Amartya Sen

[The stimulus bill funds] a bureaucratic structure for the government to begin rationing the health care of the American people. They can…

— Peter Ferrara

What I believe is that the United States is going to be playing on a level playing field in dealing with Israel…

— Bernie Sanders

“At all events, in a society, all of whose members are free, and equal in the true sense of the words, there…

— Anonymous

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through…

— Ed Crane

The best way to put the federal bureaucracy back on a leash is to make it obey the laws the people write.

— Josh Hawley

I believe there is something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.

— Woody Allen

Many evangelicals believe religious freedom, if not religion itself, faces major problems with the government in the future.

— Joel Hunter

In its narrowest acceptation, order means obedience. A government is said to preserve order if it succeeds in getting itself obeyed.

— John Stuart Mill

I choose to worship not believing in God and government should not thrust a religious idea down my throat.

— Michael Newdow

But then it hasn't really been a focus of our government to make us an educated people.

— Maynard James Keenan

Government restrictions are attractive to people who want to impose their pet notions without having to count the costs.

— Thomas Sowell

Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals.

— Jesse Helms

Congress seems to favor a stable government, judging from the amount of stalling it does.

— Anonymous

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that.

— Shirin Ebadi

Deficits are anathema to most Republicans. And Democrats widely believe that government spending should fall as the economy recovers.

— Annie Lowrey

The government itself cannot create jobs. Jobs are created by business people and entrepreneurs.

— Tom Marino

The national Government sees in both Christian denominations the most important factor for the maintenance of our society.

— Adolf Hitler

“I believe Money is too important to leave in the hands of government officials.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a…

— Paul Craig Roberts

When the government's boot is on your throat, whether it is a left boot or a right boot is of no consequence.

— Gary Lloyd