Government Quotes · Page 124

The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

When people go to the post office or any federal building, they expect to see pictures of their government leaders displayed.

— Dan Donovan

all government, whatever its forms or pretenses, is a dead weight that paralyzes the free spirit and activities of the masses.

— Emma Goldman

Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest risk in giving our government any power to control our speech is that it would then have a vehicle to…

— Kat Timpf

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

— Andrew Jackson

I am hopeful about our future and sure that, despite our challenges, engaging our government remains essential in the journey toward perfecting…

— Valerie Jarrett

[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

— Collin Peterson

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm…

— Ewan McGregor

One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make…

— Barack Obama

Some people object to libertarian ideas because there are too many irresponsible people in the world - people who will cause trouble…

— Harry Browne

As a CEO, I want to show women that there are no limits to what they can achieve, whether through entrepreneurship, government,…

— Linda McMahon

There are, for example, exemptions in FOIA in which the government can withhold certain kinds of information, and the courts have recognized…

— Alberto Gonzales

I had a history teacher who taught us a lot about the Cold War. You had these examples of countries where the…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything…

— Bill Gates

Once we realize that government doesn't work, we will stop dreaming that this or that social problem can be solved by passing…

— Harry Browne

It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their…

— Alexander Hamilton

Even government by the consent of the governed, as in our own Constitution, must be limited in its power to act against…

— Robert Kennedy

The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people…

— Ted Nugent

During the fiscal year ending in 1861, expenses of the federal government had been $67 million. After the first year of armed…

— G. Edward Griffin

The millions of laws which exist for the regulation of humanity appear upon investigation to be divided into three principal categories: protection…

— Peter Kropotkin

The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal…

— Adam Smith

It's one thing to maintain that upper-income earners should pay higher tax rates because they are better able to shoulder the burden…

— David Limbaugh

De-Christianizing America has been high on the progressive agenda, and, thanks to the government (especially the federal courts), it has been a…

— Joseph Sobran

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

— Art Buchwald

A system of limitless individual choices, with respect to communications, is not necessarily in the interest of citizenship and self-government.

— Cass Sunstein

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We cannot have government for all the people until we first make certain it is government of and by all the people.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't…

— Otto von Bismarck

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

— Rand Paul

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

— Anonymous

Pseudo-intellectuals differ from real intellectuals in that they make bubbles of complex phrases.

— Ilkin Santak

We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.

— Eric Greitens

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

— Herbert Hoover

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

— Malcolm X

When people don't understand that the government doesn't have their interests in mind, they're more susceptible to go to war.

— Howard Zinn

The Commerce Clause has already been inflated so much that we basically can't do anything without the government's permission.

— Alex Epstein

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.

— Terry Pratchett

The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.

— George Brandis

We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.

— Mitch Daniels