Government Quotes · Page 316

History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.

— George Washington

The government's approach in extending support to athletes for international competitions has undergone a transformational change.

— Anurag Thakur

There should be a law that you can't shut down the government - that you don't have that power.

— Lewis Black

Leaving politics was a good thing. I was spared a miserable Tory government where I might have ended up as leader.

— Michael Portillo

The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.

— Thomas Jefferson

The proper direction of man's thought is not toward the creation of new laws for government, but toward the acceptance of every…

— Edmund Yates

“The corrupt government’s attitude towards the disabled is to turn them into homeless street beggars.”

— Steven Magee

To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these…

— Aristotle

The form of government which communicates ease, comfort, security, or, in one word, happiness, to the greatest number of persons, and in…

— John Adams

Ultimately, I do want us to be a transformative government. I want, when we've left, for people to say we're not just…

— Jacinda Ardern

It is always and everywhere the province of the central bank to monetize any spending, the government's or the private sector's, by…

— Caroline Baum

The Chinese government tried to keep a lid on the SARS crisis, but there were 160 million text messages in three days…

— Howard Rheingold

The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures… The separate…

— Adolf Hitler

The government should promote community nurseries of mangrove species and other appropriate tree species chosen under the coastal bio-shield and agro-forestry programmes.

— M. S. Swaminathan

The government of the Union, then, ... is, emphatically, and truly, a government of the people. In form and in substance it…

— John Marshall

“Good government should maintain the balance where every individual may have a place if he will take it, where every individual may…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of supply and demand. If,…

— Leo Tolstoy

It's really a situation [ Donald Trump's children are involved now in choosing the next government] that no other president had in…

— Brian Ross

The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there are no instances of resistance until repeated, multiplied…

— John Adams

As the head of the government, it is my responsibility to make the overriding political goals and relationships more clear. Part of…

— Angela Merkel

Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions…

— George H. W. Bush

I have no doubt in my mind that our chief national problems relating to the eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease and…

— Subhas Chandra Bose

The United States wanted to send its trained rebel groups to Syria to fight ISIS. Out of twenty-five hundred rebels they had…

— Mohammad Javad Zarif

If you listen to the talk shows, which are rabid right-wing, and very interesting, an important fact about the United States, they…

— Noam Chomsky

Telling the public, 'We'll get to it later,' is inadequate. That's what the federal government does.

— Ken Cuccinelli

Our government is printing money, and it's degrading the living standard of every person in America. It's the cause of frustration, anger,…

— Steve Wynn

Trump's administration looks a great deal like those of the 1850s and the 1890s, with business and government so intertwined that they…

— Heather Cox Richardson

Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and,…

— Will Rogers

If experience has taught me anything, its not to put ANYTHING past people in government.

— Edward Britton

The government can only be brought down because it alienates several parties in the House.

— Stephen Harper

There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help.

— Laura Miller

I strive never to forget the real world consequences of my decisions on individuals, businesses and government.

— Sonia Sotomayor

The government will not support a nine-week work year. That I can say with certainty.

— Pierre Poilievre

“When it comes to politicians, the question is not ‘Are they corrupt?’, but rather ‘How corrupt are they?’.”

— Steven Magee

OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets.

— Ambrose Bierce

“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people, but those of…

— Suzy Kassem

If the government objects to monopoly prices for new inventions, it should stop granting patents.

— Ludwig von Mises

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.

— Bruce Rauner

There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers.

— Malachy McCourt

If any person has a good word for the previous government that is good enough for me to have him shot.

— Che Guevara