Government Quotes · Page 183

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

— John Maynard Keynes

Even if I wanted to run for Ethiopia, I wouldn't expect the government or federation to choose me to do that.

— Feyisa Lilesa

“The rights of the individual are more important than the wishes of the masses.”

— J.Adam Snyder

The U.S. government should not spend a single taxpayer dollar to teach children to dislike their country.

— Tommy Tuberville

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

— John C. Calhoun

It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute…

— Thomas Jefferson

What we are seeing is there is a lot of anger out there about the failure of the government to resolve the…

— Mark Potok

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

— Newt Gingrich

There is much the government can do and should do to improve the environment. But even more important is the individual who…

— Lady Bird Johnson

Restoring accountability will be one of the major priorities of our new government. Accountability is what ordinary Canadians, working Canadians, those people…

— Stephen Harper

When we do not understand something, a common reaction is to fear it. In government, this is the usual, and encouraged, reaction.…

— John McAfee

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if…

— Andy Rooney

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with…

— Benjamin Disraeli

If we add state capitalism to the Bush administration's success in eroding both the US Constitution and the power of Congress, we…

— Paul Craig Roberts

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and…

— John Locke

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable…

— Kevin Gutzman

If this really is true, then greed really isn't good, after all. It really isn't the way to maximize the best possible…

— Naomi Klein

I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or…

— Thomas Jefferson

“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be…

— Thomas Paine

How can I be expected to believe that this same racial discrimination which has been the cause of so much injustice and…

— Nelson Mandela

New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance…

— William Jennings Bryan

In representing criminal defendants - especially guilty ones - it is often necessary to take the offensive against the government: to put…

— Alan Dershowitz

The budget idea, I may admit, is a sort of obsession with me. I believe in budgets. I want other people to…

— Calvin Coolidge

Why suspend the habeas corpus in insurrections and rebellions? Examine the history of England. See how few of the cases of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact,…

— Harry Browne

We're one of the most highly regulated industries, and we have to pay attention to what government is doing.

— Paul R. Ehrlich

Some amount of support from government and regulator is required when you are looking at resolving systemic issues.

— Arundhati Bhattacharya

There's no reason to raise taxes. Taxes should be lower... The problem we have is that government spends too much, not that…

— Grover Norquist

“Most governments strive to keep the masses from thinking; if the masses began to think the government would not be in power…

— rassool jibraeel snyman

Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate…

— Mao Zedong

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

— John Sharp Williams

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

— John Prescott

WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire U.S. government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.

— Evgeny Morozov

“The reason why I wear a hazmat suit when interacting with people is that I do not trust the government regarding COVID-19.”

— Steven Magee

I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians.

— Ismail Haniyeh

Any nation that allows the government to dominate its monetary and economic policies will ultimately suffer grave consequences.

— James Cook

It's easy to imagine an infinite number of situations where the government might legitimately give out false information,

— Ted Olson

We must draw a distinction between understanding and supporting Israel's values and existence, and criticising any Israeli government's policy.

— Tzipi Livni

“This [...] government [...] has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man cam bend it…

— Henry David Thoreau

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.

— Alan Siegel