Government Quotes · Page 157

“Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.”

— Steven Magee

The government doesn't have any money. The only power it has is to take from some and give to others.

— Milton Friedman

Only a government that does not trust its citizens would refuse them the right to bear arms.

— Curt Weldon

Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good.

— Joel Miller

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

— Matthew Lesko

Many civil rights came about, not when they were passed into law, but because the federal government did what it should and…

— Claire McCaskill

There's a digital revolution taking place both in and out of government in favor of open-sourced data, innovation, and collaboration.

— Kathleen Sebelius

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

— Ludwig Borne

Any practice of business which would dominate the country by its own selfish interest is a destruction of equality of opportunity. Government…

— Herbert Hoover

National security is a place where the private sector could be helpful because the government is woefully behind the technology curve. But…

— Carly Fiorina

There has been corruption in the Belgian civil service and at government level for decades. The Royal family do what they can…

— Nicholas Royle

Why does the UK government ignore workplace bullying? Our system of democracy - government and law - is based on the adversarial…

— Tim Field

In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is…

— Lawrence Lessig

“Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others…

— Earl Warren

In all her history, from the formation of the federal government until the hour of secession, no year stands out more prominently…

— John Sergeant Wise

For a party of the left to win, people have to have believe that government, the state, can be on their side.…

— Jess Phillips

I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public…

— Sam Houston

Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according…

— Dwight L. Moody

The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at…

— Jack Reed

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves…

— Abraham Lincoln

Individuals who have been wronged by unlawful racial discrimination should be made whole; but under our Constitution there can be no such…

— Antonin Scalia

I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.…

— Andrew Johnson

In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies to liberty; and it is certain, that this steady conduct of theirs…

— David Hume

As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there…

— Raul Hilberg

That government is best which governs not at all; and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of…

— Henry David Thoreau

Would most politicians have gone to a meeting with someone advertised as being an agent of the Russian government?

— John Dickerson

Government has to produce affordable housing. Government has to produce answers.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

The government is determined to bring the program back on track, and proceed with the privatizations.

— Yiannis Stournaras

All of us who care about the world going forward would like to engage the government more.

— Paul Allen

The less government interferes with private pursuits, the better for general prosperity.

— Martin Van Buren

Like most Americans, I am tired of the partisan politics that keep our government from passing common-sense legislation to improve the lives…

— Amy McGrath

Governmental defense of any theology necessarily weakens the legitimacy of both the government and the theology.

— Taslima Nasrin

In a justly organized community, however, government exists to secure the right to life and the other human rights that follow from…

— Paul Ryan

The BDS movement goes way beyond any legitimate, reasonable criticism of a government.

— Lee Zeldin

The present oil crisis has not been produced by the oil companies. It is a result of government mismanagement exacerbated by the…

— Milton Friedman

If it's easy for the government to learn about us, it should be easier for us to learn about the government, what…

— Jonathan Alter

If the government did a good job of publicizing this information, my products wouldn't sell.

— Matthew Lesko

We believe that the government has an important role to create the conditions that promote entrepreneurship, upward mobility, and individual responsibility.

— Paul Ryan

A world government run by the UN will be like getting an old, purblind, half-deaf substitute teacher.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength…

— Thomas Jefferson