Government Quotes · Page 123

Compassionate conservatism [is] most importantly, making sure that government is not the answer to people's problems.

— George W. Bush

The conservative idea is not that government has no role. You might have argued that in the thirties when conservatives opposed the…

— Charles Krauthammer

I have confidence that the government of Luxembourg will not make any decision that frustrates this transaction.

— Lakshmi Mittal

I am calling upon all of you to come out and fight corruption and agree to support the government in fighting corruption…

— Mwai Kibaki

It would be a matter of concern for government if intrusive data capture has been deployed against Indian citizens or government infrastructure.

— Kapil Sibal

The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential…There are many ways to make the death rate…

— Robert McNamara

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.

— Vusi Mahlasela

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

[The spirit of party] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through…

— George Washington

We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government;…

— Edward Everett

When the Left agitates over government policies, it's considered righteous anger. When the Right - and much of the center - agitate,…

— Monica Crowley

The recurrence of periods of depression and mass unemployment has discredited capitalism in the opinion of injudicious people. Yet these events are…

— Ludwig von Mises

The job of the government isn't to go around and try and make people sacrifice, it's to try and make people free.…

— Grover Norquist

“The dangerous secrets used to be held outside the government. Plots, conspiracies, secrets of revolution, secrets of the end of the social…

— Don DeLillo

If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in…

— Nicola Sturgeon

People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes…

— Carl Paladino

I've spent a lot of time working on declassified documents - and they do get declassified after decades - you look at…

— Noam Chomsky

You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your…

— Mark Skousen

I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has…

— Milton Friedman

“The instatement of the One Religion was surely the Magnates’ most cunning move: a device through which they were able to access…

— J. Valor

People hired by government know who is their benefactor. People who lose their jobs or fail to get them because of the…

— Milton Friedman

Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government…

— James Madison

“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know…

— William O. Douglas

A simple philosophy to stick to would be that religion and the promotion of religious opinion is none of the government's business.…

— Gene Garman

Leaders, whether in the family, in business, in government, or in education, must not allow themselves to mistake intentions for accomplishments .

— Jim Rohn

We have pledged to be the greenest government ever. We must lead by example...We are not asking others to do things we…

— Charles Hendry

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

— Preston Manning

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.

— Orhan Pamuk

If the president finds time to help the mentally retarded, what are you doing that's so important? [Written underneath:] Working to get…

— Robert Reisner

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

— Frederic Bastiat

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

— Harry Reid

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so…

— Barack Obama

The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side.

— Theodore J. Forstmann

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

— Howard Berman

I believe we're past the point where the government or the private sector can solve all problems, it's all about partnerships.

— David L. Cohen

Very few people realize that the U.S. government does not have the power to order the recall of contaminated meat.

— Eric Schlosser

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.

— John Quincy Adams

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

— Donald Tusk

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

— Thomas Jefferson

You know government needs a haircut. If we keep their spending down, that's more money in your pocket.

— Matt Rosendale