Government Quotes · Page 155

“How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F**k their stupid rules.”

— Anonymous

“Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of personal responsibility.”

— Sunday Adelaja

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

— H. L. Mencken

The job of a journalist is to find out stuff. The job of the government - sometimes - is to keep stuff…

— Alex Gibney

The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.

— George Brandis

According to the politics of fantasy, mankind is on the verge of perfectibility, if only we give the government just a little…

— Michael J. Knowles

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments...

— Thomas Paine

I am always looking for ways our government can help make everyday life easier for Ontarians, and these new polymer birth certificates…

— Kathleen Wynne

Every state and the federal government have laws that protect people from acts of violence, and those laws should be enforced. What…

— Lindsey Graham

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there…

— Dee Dee Myers

No centralized government, no matter how big, how smart or how powerful, can effectively and efficiently control much of society in a…

— Charles Koch

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity; it is always on the verge of…

— Henry A. Kissinger

When the United States was in control of counternarcotics, the US governments used drug trafficking for purely geopolitical purposes … The US…

— Evo Morales

If the Government is going to intrude upon the sacred ground of the First Amendment and tell its citizens that their exercise…

— Ronald L. Buckwalter

I believe that the public temper is such that the voters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives…

— Grover Cleveland

In the Laws it is maintained that the best constitution is made up of democracy and tyranny, which are either not constitutions…

— Aristotle

In the beginning, the U.S. government was happy with its secret operations, since it thought it had managed to gather all the…

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

“As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation…

— Immanuel Kant

Without union our independence and liberty would never have been achieved; without union they can never be maintained. Divided into twenty-four, or…

— Andrew Jackson

It was the South African Government that has introduced politics into sport by decreeing politically that no non-white person will represent their…

— Bob Hawke

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should…

— Milton Friedman

Recipients of transfers set a bad example for others, including their children, other relatives, and friends, who see that one can receive…

— Robert Higgs

For where's the State beneath the Firmament, That doth excell the Bees for Government?

— Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

— William Rehnquist

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

— Anonymous

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

— Yitzhak Rabin

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

— Cullen Hightower

There has always been scepticism within government circles about the abilities of the minister for sport and equalities, Helen Grant.

— Cathy Newman

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

— Rod Rosenstein

Unlike every other person and institution in society, government obtains its revenue from coercion, from taxation.

— Murray Rothbard

What economic calculation requires is a monetary system whose functioning is not sabotaged by government interference.

— Ludwig von Mises

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business,

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Making government more efficient and more effective need not be a partisan issue.

— Martin O'Malley

Government without a tough and vibrant media is not an option for the United States of America.

— Barack Obama

Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.

— Joshua Wong

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

— Jay Weatherill

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.

— Edward Abbey

When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are…

— Wole Soyinka