Government Quotes · Page 4

... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free…

— Frances Wright

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I'm against unanswerable concentrations of power, whether that be government or private industry or religious figures - anybody who is not accountable…

— Daniel Suarez

In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not…

— Orrin Hatch

And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a…

— Tony Abbott

[T]he tax code has been piling up, year after year, a symbol of everything gone wrong in America, of arrogant rulers and…

— Dick Armey

There is no reason why one should believe you should leave out politicians in cricket or any sport for that matter. There…

— Roosevelt Skerrit

Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to…

— Jack Abramoff

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.

— Joel Miller

“The rich eat life, the poor eat death; so what is the problem they ask?”

— Anthony Liccione

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have.

— Barry Goldwater

Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure…

— James Madison

Since FDR's New Deal, corporations and wealthy families have been non-stop finding new ways to get tax breaks, deregulation and entitlements from…

— Adam McKay

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the…

— James Madison

Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job.

— Michael Steele

Liberty does not exist where rights are on one side and power on the other. To be liberty, rights must be armed…

— Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is…

— Baron de Montesquieu

My nightmare scenario is that the government saves Citibank once again, as well as the other banks, and business resumes as usual.…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The governments are seen to be less effective than they used to be. The private sector is perceived as being so much…

— Mary Robinson

I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose…

— William Henry Harrison

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a…

— Ayn Rand

We have committed ourselves to pursue joint policies, but then national governments say, "We aren't bound by that." That is a dramatic…

— Martin Schulz

If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

— Gary Hart

People from all over the world came to America and assimilated into a single culture rooted in the founding, which is rooted…

— Rush Limbaugh

As a businessperson, I dont have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However,…

— Tadashi Yanai