Government Quotes · Page 322

No government demands so much from the citizens as democracy and none gives back so much.

— James Bryce

“America is a nation of illusions; illusions in the media, schools and government — an iron curtain of propaganda.”

— Bryant McGill

We need to stand together. Since I was elected leader of our party, we have repeatedly defeated the government over its attacks…

— Wes Streeting

Barack Obama inherited a bankrupt economy, a bankrupt government, and a bankrupt foreign policy.

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use…

— Jennifer Pahlka

Parliament must do a better job at holding the Government to account than it managed in the Article 50 debates.

— Clive Lewis

The Castro government is disproportionately white given the color of the island. It doesn't look like Cuba.

— Mark Falcoff

“The USA has turned into a great country to study corporate government corruption.”

— Steven Magee

Law and its instrument, government, are necessary to the peace and safety of all of us, but all of us, unless we…

— H. L. Mencken

People come to this country because they view our culture as the best. It is a culture free of persecution, a culture…

— Steven Crowder

Liberals fostered the subsidies that have converted so many citizens to helplessness. They have made high taxes and big government a way…

— James Cook

The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper…

— Ayn Rand

There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees,…

— Brian Ross

Everybody knows that the federal government promises a lot and delivers damn little, and pays for most of what it does deliver…

— Karl Hess

The government has no business in the decisions that women make with their families in accordance with their faith, with medical advice.…

— Hillary Clinton

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither the power nor the prestige of the…

— Hugo Black

Individuals and communities need to clearly tell government if they want parity for First Australians. Only this will overcome the vested interests…

— Andrew Forrest

There are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the…

— Dallin H. Oaks

“Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we…

— Terry Pratchett

The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of…

— John Marshall Harlan II

Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government... They have driven the American economy since its founding,…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure…

— Rosa DeLauro

We needed to be uncompromising with our workforce, to expect 100 percent of our employees to comply 100 percent of the time…

— Charles Koch

More importantly, the Court forgets that ours is a government of laws and not of men. That means we are governed by…

— Antonin Scalia

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

— Richard M. Nixon

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

— Jonathan Swift

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work.

— W. Allen Wallis

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our…

— Bruce Springsteen

Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.

— Martin L Gross

Men desire to have some share in the management of public affairs chiefly on account of the importance which it gives them.

— Adam Smith

I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of…

— Gordon Smith

I know. It's shocking to think that the government would try to stick its nose in our ladyparts.

— Megan McCafferty

If the U.S. government is serious about fighting irregular migration, it should support and encourage legal migration.

— Nayib Bukele

They think democracy -- I used to say damn the democracy, because it's not a stable government.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

We have been mandated by the government, backed by legislation, that we have to have an inflation target of about 4%.

— Urjit Patel

I have missed meetings because a Speed Post from a government office reached after the meeting. But these are rare blips in…

— Sucheta Dalal

Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.

— Li Keqiang

“We must stop expecting the government to play the role of national transformation why we sit down and watch.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I happen to think most people go into government do it for the right reasons and they really do things as they…

— David Brooks

My government has taken significant measures to enable the rise of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in our country.

— Ali Bongo Ondimba