Government Quotes · Page 148

We’re supposed to depend upon God for our protection and our provision and for our daily bread, not for our government.

— Sharron Angle

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Just remember that what you earn, grow, and work hard to preserve is your money - it is your money - not…

— Tommy Tuberville

The fight to get a shield law barring the government from being able to jail journalists is itself a non-partisan battle.

— Rod Lurie

If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure 'inflation'.

— George Bernard Shaw

A situation where a solution to a stakeholder problem is imposed by a government agency or the courts must be seen as…

— Anonymous

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

— Barack Obama

Corruption would be invalid, if people publicly expose mantainence toward society.

— Saaif Alam

You owe me!" -Stephanie "Why do I owe you?" -Joe "I caught your no good cousin." -Stephanie "Yeah and in the process…

— Janet Evanovich

But the improvements will happen faster and last longer if we can channel market forces, including innovation that's tailored to the needs…

— Bill Gates

Only now are increasing numbers of political and social scientists beginning to realize that Kelso's theories provide a private-property-based alternative to the…

— Hazel Henderson

She [Hillary Clinton] put her emails on a secret server to cover up her pay-for-play scandals in the State Department. Nothing threatens…

— Donald Trump

Instead, there were a variety of controls of which some could be influenced by bankers, some could be influenced by the government,…

— Carroll Quigley

Bitcoin is getting there but it’s not there yet. When it gets there, expect governments to panic and society to be reshaped…

— Rick Falkvinge

Good journalism is being criminalized or otherwise rendered perilous to its best practitioners. Attack a government agency like the CIA, or a…

— Daniel Schorr

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to…

— Michael Bloomberg

How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts…

— Orson Scott Card

Of course, the UK is a significant economy that makes up a quarter of American exports to the EU, more than 50…

— Michael Froman

“When Americans think of freedom, we usually imagine a contest between a lone individual and a powerful government. We tend to conclude…

— Timothy Snyder

Well, almost everything is open - the political documents, the (unintelligible) of cabinet meetings. What has been opened now and what had…

— Robert O. Paxton

This country has achieved its commercial and financial supremacy under a regime of private ownership. It conquered the wilderness, built our railroads,…

— George B. Cortelyou

“The vast majority of administrators, at all times and in all societies, are prone to commit grievous errors if left entirely to…

— Muhammad Asad

I would answer with the words of the Stasi alumnus Wolfgang Schmidt, who was asked that question: "What about these Americans who…

— Ray McGovern

I have no religion, and at times I wish all religions at the bottom of the sea. He is a weak ruler…

— Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

“All the horrors of the reign of terror were based on concern for public tranquility.”

— Leo Tolstoy

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose…

— John Stossel

Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.

— Herbert Hoover

Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land.

— Andrew Napolitano

Over the years, the Government has made several pledges to put accessibility at the forefront of the travel agenda - but nothing…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Governments resort to inflation with popular support because the people apparently are naïve enough to believe that they can have their cake…

— Leonard Read

The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody that is sober enough to stagger to the polls will.

— Will Rogers

The Federal Government plays a critical role in innovation in our country and has throughout our history.

— Dan Lipinski

Government does not cause affluence. Citizens of totalitarian countries have plenty of government and nothing of anything else.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Healthcare should be between the doctor and the patient. And if the doctor says something needs to be done, the government should…

— Michael Moore

Liberals like using government to solve problems in OUR country and conservatives are using our government to solve problems in OTHER countries.

— Matthew Lesko

The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid.

— Bill Gates

I would like to state that my personal opinions are that the people of every country should decide by themselves what kind…

— Julius Rosenberg

If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition…

— Milton Friedman

When the private sector fails, the solution is more government. When the government fails, the solution is more government.

— Glenn Reynolds