Government Quotes · Page 41

A new chapter in the history of international politics has begun, one in which the pursuit and control of energy resources would…

— Michael Klare

It is an in, a grave evil and a disturbance of the right order, for a larger and higher organisation, to arrogate…

— Pope Leo XIII

If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything…

— Stephen Hawking

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had…

— Michele Bachmann

We have an excellent list of speakers, but the spark will be provided by the crowd to turn talk into action. The…

— Ed Garvey

As a party, we do not want to destabilise any government.

— Tamilisai Soundararajan

“The corporate government is completely okay with sending sickened people into extreme poverty for the rest of their lives by blatantly denying…

— Steven Magee

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would…

— Thomas Sowell

Our government shouldn't make promises we cannot keep, but we must keep the promises we've already made.

— Barack Obama

“The police are a reflection of their corrupt government employer.”

— Steven Magee

For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become…

— Harry S. Truman

[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor…

— William Godwin

I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.

— William Weld

I have knocked at almost every door, from government offices to private companies, pleading for money and facilities to start my athletics…

— P. T. Usha

The constitution has broken down. We have no enemies except the ones we select and direct towards the nearest nuclear bombs. They…

— Gore Vidal

The bottom line is that weather events not only threaten private property and family budgets, but they also can decimate public resources…

— Matt Cartwright

The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And…

— Shai Agassi

If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of…

— Jack Straw

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

— P. T. Barnum

You cant get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

— David Hare

“Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is largely a government cover up department for badly behaved corporations.”

— Steven Magee

Fannie and Freddie are creations of government. They were given a huge leg up over their competitors.

— Nancy Pfotenhauer

Pilgrims travel to Jerusalem to see the Holy Land, and the foundations of their faith. People go to Washington, D.C. to see…

— Brad Paisley