Government Quotes · Page 807

When private industry makes a mistake, it gets corrected and goes away. As governments make mistakes, it gets bigger, bigger and bigger…

— Peter Schiff

Good performance in government was never Imran's target.

— Reham Khan

The American people ought to know that it is not them, but their government's policies, that are so hated.

— Arundhati Roy

A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

— Thomas Jefferson

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader…

— Ban Ki-moon

If you asked a Singaporean, on the one hand they'll say, 'Let us do our own things.' On the other hand, when…

— Lee Hsien Loong

The only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government is the universal education of our youth in the principles…

— Benjamin Rush

Anarchism does not repudiate the right of ownership, but it has a conception thereof sufficiently different from [others'] to include the possibility…

— Benjamin Tucker

There is no doubt that this government and this country are benefiting from the reforms that we brought in the 1980s, and…

— Bob Hawke

The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the…

— John Rarick

[John Howard] led the Government. They had the numbers, and just basically automatically went along with the Americans.

— Bob Hawke

For my generation the relationship with Europe was the central point of American foreign policy. Even during my time in government there…

— Henry A. Kissinger

For the government, there is the frustration of not being a full part of the anti-Isis coalition. For ministers to have their…

— Crispin Blunt

I think you should use whatever power you have to try to help people who need your help. Then we'd all be…

— Clive Stafford Smith

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator,…

— Jessica Mitford

I think people definitely shouldn't be ignorant in regards to where they're playing. And there's an argument for not taking it out…

— Declan McKenna

If you ask the government to impose morality, then moral questions will be decided by whoever has the most political power.

— Harry Browne

To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”

— Abhijit Naskar

We have a media that goes along with the government by parroting phrases intended to provoke a certain emotional response - for…

— Edward Snowden

Lighthouse: A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician.

— Anonymous

Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids…

— Woodrow Wilson

President Coolidge said, 'I don't want the Government to go into business.' Well, if I was Mr. Coolidge I wouldn't worry over…

— Will Rogers

State government's efforts to address climate change must include reduced consumption and other conservation measures as water shortages become the new normal.

— Kate Brown

Democracy requires an informed citizenry able to question its government.

— Richard N. Haass