--- title: "9 Government Start Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Government Start quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Government Start sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/borje-ekholm-22793_government_government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile_950018.jpg" --- > [Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a resource for tax dollars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/borje-ekholm/government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile-infrastructure-as-a-critical/) [Borje Ekholm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/borje-ekholm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/borje-ekholm-22793_government_government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile_950018.jpg) > [I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/i-don-t-like-to-have-the-federal-government-start-pushing-its-weight/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/mitt-romney-268_deeper_i-don-t-like-to-have-the-federal-governm_2509325.png) > [If you're looking for ways to cut waste in government, you can start with John Prescott.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-osborne/if-you-re-looking-for-ways-to-cut-waste-in-government-you-can-start/) [George Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-osborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f70/george-osborne-3998_cutting_if-you-re-looking-for-ways-to-cut-waste_1177148.png) > [Our job as a government is to start with the great underpinnings of our current economic growth - particularly defence and mining…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-weatherill/our-job-as-a-government-is-to-start-with-the-great-underpinnings-of/) [Jay Weatherill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-weatherill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/jay-weatherill-16499_build_our-job-as-a-government-is-to-start-with_764562.png) > [If Japanese cannot have new babies quick enough, then the government should start importing workers faster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masayoshi-son/if-japanese-cannot-have-new-babies-quick-enough-then-the-government/) [Masayoshi Son](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masayoshi-son/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/masayoshi-son-4119_cannot_if-japanese-cannot-have-new-babies-quick_1908324.jpg) > [What struck me more than anything is how the people that are involved in government start out from a place of really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-smits/what-struck-me-more-than-anything-is-how-the-people-that-are-involved/) [Jimmy Smits](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-smits/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/jimmy-smits-3297_computers_what-struck-me-more-than-anything-is-how_69232.jpg) > [I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-blair/i-learnt-a-lot-in-government-and-i-ve-learnt-a-lot-since-leaving/) [Tony Blair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-blair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/tony-blair-812_capable_i-learnt-a-lot-in-government-and-i-ve-le_2732802.jpg) > [I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-davis/i-hope-telling-the-story-of-how-i-went-from-being-a-single-mom-to/) [Wendy Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-davis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/wendy-davis-10784_being_i-hope-telling-the-story-of-how-i-went-f_2814903.jpg) > [I start with a concern about the growth of federal government. I start with a perspective concerned about the growth of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-cuccinelli/i-start-with-a-concern-about-the-growth-of-federal-government-i-start/) [Ken Cuccinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-cuccinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/ken-cuccinelli-7370_constitution_i-start-with-a-concern-about-the-growth_362436.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/government-start/#itemlist", "name": "Government Start Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a resource for tax dollars.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Borje Ekholm" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/borje-ekholm/government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile-infrastructure-as-a-critical/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/borje-ekholm-22793_government_government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile_950018.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/borje-ekholm-22793_government_government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile_950018.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac5/borje-ekholm-22793_government_government-must-start-to-look-at-mobile_950018.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Government must start to look at mobile infrastructure as a critical national resource and not just a…” — Borje Ekholm", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. 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