Government Quotes · Page 144

It is not the responsibility of the government or the legal system to protect a citizen from himself.

— Casey Percell

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?

— Noam Chomsky

Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them…

— Ayelet Shaked

If the government mandates anything with a price tag on it, then it ought to fund the project.

— Jesse Ventura

Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.

— Grover Norquist

The Chinese government sometimes shuts down the Internet and mobile services in specific areas where unrest occurs.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

The government is more responsive to wealthy communities than poor communities, and to wealthy people than poor people.

— Annie Lowrey

Every government has a fixed budget and demands of all sectors have to be fulfilled in that amount.

— Manoj Tiwari

Government should have drones. Industries, companies can have drones. Everyone else doesn't need drones. It's just going to create mischief. They are…

— Gary B Smith

Stop calling me communist. Stop calling the rest of us communists. You've got to stand up for what you believe should be…

— Chris Matthews

Americans for Tax Reform is a national taxpayer organization dedicated to opposing any and all tax increases. We work at the national,…

— Grover Norquist

Bean-counting government bureaucrats are free to take race, ethnicity and gender into account when doling out public funds to non-white-male contractors. But…

— Michelle Malkin

Many senior government officials, CIA, FBI, counter terrorism officials - when they look back at the decade, they effectively conclude that the…

— Richard Engel

If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who…

— Tariq Ali

In nearly a decade in city government, I have learned that the easiest thing to do in government is nothing. And in…

— Michelle Wu

People have put a lot of faith in the government's ability to get growth going in China. People have this, what I…

— David Wessel

The whole student loan thing drives me completely nuts. If it wasn't possible for 18-year-olds to sign themselves up for tens of…

— Gail Collins

Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the…

— Daniel Webster

It is an assumption brought forth countless of times in various contexts that the world would be better, drifting slower towards the…

— Pentti Linkola

In Germany, under the law everything is prohibited except that which is permitted. In France, under the law everything is permitted except…

— Newton N. Minow

Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so…

— Andre Vltchek

I am concerned about the environment. I love to wear black. I think government is best when it stays out of people's…

— Meghan McCain

You will see the constitution of the United States almost destroyed. It will hang like a thread… A terrible revolution will take…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

What is the free market? Well, the free market, [we're told] is really a terrible, inhuman kind of arrangement, because it treats…

— Ralph Raico

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices,…

— Chris Christie

The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be…

— Peggy Noonan

The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that

— Patricia Schroeder

I think that the Internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government.

— Milton Friedman

Disaster management should be coordinated by the federal government, .. It is our exact responsibility.

— Alcee Hastings

I can't understand what's holding up our missile program. It's the first time the government ever had trouble making the taxpayers' money…

— Bob Hope

Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence.

— Thomas Jefferson

So actually we didn't have any contacts with UFO organizations. It was all strictly government.

— Betty Hill

Maryland needs someone in Congress who will fight to create jobs, stop out-of-control government spending and defend small businesses.

— Andrew P. Harris

Lowering the middle-class tax rate... will likely lower work efforts and increase government dependence.

— Edward Conard

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

— John McCain

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

— James Cook

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

— George Mason

The SPLC pretends to oppose 'hate,' but actually spreads hate and defamation, with the support of the media and government.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

This government and the party that I lead will continue to argue an alternative to the Tory-Labour austerity.

— Nicola Sturgeon

Whoever wants Yesh Atid in the government has to vote for us - there's no other choice.

— Isaac Herzog