Government Quotes · Page 147

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

INSURRECTION, n. An unsuccessful revolution. Disaffection's failure to substitute misrule for bad government.

— Ambrose Bierce

Anyone who is honestly seeking a job and can't find it, deserves the attention of the United States government, and the people.

— John F. Kennedy

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen…

— Tony Abbott

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

— Rick Perry

Gangsta rappers, they call them. Not nearly as gangsta as the things that inspire them.. you know, a gangsta government that we…

— Russell Simmons

I want to get away from "It's either government or the market." That's a false dichotomy.

— Douglas Massey

I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I…

— Bharati Mukherjee

The Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in…

— Wole Soyinka

First, I thought Twitter was some kind of hybrid car being developed by Government Motors. Then I thought it was a new…

— Dan Jenkins

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed, and software has been treated as a form of speech ever since. So if software…

— Laura Sydell

I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle…

— John Locke

The First Amendment exists to protect our religious liberty--to ensure that all Americans are able to seek out worship God with all…

— Ted Cruz

Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the states the…

— John Dickinson

I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for…

— Peter Thiel

When we are asked to bail out corporations and banks, or pass tax bills that shift billions in public dollars out of…

— Rashida Tlaib

What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Wananchi wanapokosa huduma za muhimu za kijamii (kama vile afya, elimu, chakula, malazi, na ulinzi) ilhali wanalipa kodi, na wameajiri serikali kuwaendeshea…

— Enock Maregesi

Society,--the only field where the sexes have ever met on terms of equality, the arena where character is formed and studied, the…

— Wendell Phillips

Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges,…

— A. Philip Randolph

I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani…

— Paolo Gentiloni

“Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal…

— R.B. Bernstein

In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a…

— Rick Perry

It certainly makes sense to expand the pulp industry in Indonesia, .. It's clear that it will be a very competitive exporter…

— David Walker

The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away.

— John Caldwell

The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years.

— Barbara Holland

It's time the government stopped using taxes to reward winners and losers in love.

— S.E. Cupp

[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.

— Alexander Hamilton

If I lose these tax-evasion cases and others filed by the Philippine government, I could go to jail for 10 to 15 years.

— Maria Ressa

The whole frame of the Federal Constitution proves that the government which it creates was intended to be one of limited and…

— James K. Polk

The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.

— Dick Armey

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our…

— Walter Cronkite

I think there is need for economic stimulus... and government can help make that up in a very difficult time.

— Mitt Romney

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant.

— Anonymous

Conservatives deserve a consistent and thoughtful vision for the role of federal government in relationship to states.

— Scott Pruitt

I wouldn't go to America if I thought Americans were representative of their government.

— Matty Healy

The government is right to recognise the importance of science and technology, but I think it is a mistake to ringfence funds.

— Mark Walport

In Washington, of course, evading responsibility is an art form, so it is not always easy to tell who's responsible for which…

— David Horowitz

Whether you're a veteran or a millennial, it's hard to argue that big government has solved your problems efficiently, if at all.

— S.E. Cupp

Democracy is a form of government only because it is a form of moral and spiritual association.

— John Dewey