Government Quotes · Page 82

Less government, less regulation, lower taxes.

— Grover Norquist

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

— James Madison

Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful.

— John Stuart Mill

Who knows what the hell a government is or what the hell a government does.

— Anne Rice

If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

— Ayn Rand

Once you put yourself in the hands of the government, you could end up in Utah.

— Michael O'Donoghue

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“Crime pays...when you work for the corrupt corporate government.”

— Steven Magee

The Government chose to give peace a chance. The Government chose to do something to achieve it.

— Yitzhak Rabin

“The key ingredient that is missing is a government that will protect the priorities of Heaven and the presence of God in…

— Danny Silk

Government officials should recognize that the files in front of them represent very important issues in the lives of people.

— Pinarayi Vijayan

We are laying the foundations of a government, which we hope may outlast the Pyramids.

— Caleb Cushing

“God bless the disgruntled employee—no one does more to bring openness to government.”

— Douglas Preston

Besides a happy policy as to civil government, it is necessary to institute a system of law and jurisprudence founded in justice,…

— Ezra Stiles

The government to you is what God is to agnostics--only to be invoked when your own well being is at stake.

— Amitav Ghosh

And on the other hand, we see that the Israeli government is attacking that part of the Palestinian leader.

— Rafik Hariri

We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century credit tsunami. Central banks and governments are being required to take unprecedented measures. Those…

— Alan Greenspan

If this is a war, my side has the nuclear bomb. We have K Street. We have Wall Street. Debbie doesn't have…

— Warren Buffett

Governments that invest billions in new hardware still find it hard to accept that they might benefit just as much from systematic…

— Geoff Mulgan

“Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while customs officials…

— Bill Bryson

I think every person who is single should have a dog. I think the government should step in and intervene: If you're…

— Jennifer Weiner

You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle everybody is…

— Bernard Baruch

Hillary Clinton talks tough against Russia. But our nuclear program has fallen way behind, and they've gone wild with their nuclear program.…

— Donald Trump

They who say that women do not desire the right of suffrage, that they prefer masculine domination to self-government, falsify every page…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The tragic reality is that very few sustainable systems are designed or applied by those who hold power, and the reason for…

— Bill Mollison

During that time period all of our tribes were suffering extremely from poverty and neglect. And the reason I say neglect is…

— Leonard Peltier

If you have a radio, the next three months is a good time to have it quit working. All you will hear…

— Will Rogers

The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue…

— Robert Solow

There is absolutely nothing in the Mormon's religion inconsistent with the most patriotic devotion to the government of the United States. Revelation…

— Wilford Woodruff

Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. The common and…

— George Washington

“When individuals combine in a joint effort to realize ends the have in common, the organizations, like the state, that they form…

— F.A. Hayek

The process of decolonisation in Nigeria was a very untidy one. The British, when they were leaving finally and knew exactly who…

— Wole Soyinka

The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.

— Douglas MacArthur

I'm not, nor is anybody I know in government part of a nasty right wing clique.

— William Hague

[Cuba's goverment] is an anti-American government.

— Marco Rubio

... the keynote of government is injustice.

— Emma Goldman

Things don't always go according to plan. That's life and that's government.

— Grant Shapps

In opposition, you move to the centre. In government, you move the centre.

— George Osborne

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

— Jamie Dimon