Government Quotes · Page 195

Government and culture are two diametrically opposed forces - the one blinds and oppresses, the other uplifts and unites.

— Chuck D

I say thank God for government waste. If government is doing bad things, it's only the waste that prevents the harm from…

— Milton Friedman

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more.

— Jacques Delors

Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness; its peculiar magnitude permits no shading.

— John Updike

We need to think about what Silicon Valley can contribute to the country - not just that somehow government bureaucrats should listen…

— Ro Khanna

I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor…

— William Henry Harrison

The manners of women are the surest criterion by which to determine whether a republican government is practicable in a nation or…

— Anonymous

A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities.

— Kofi Annan

The way the Pak government treated me is only testimony to the ill treatment meted out to artistes. There was outrage against…

— Adnan Sami

When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say…

— Iain Duncan Smith

I'm a very big proponent of cloud. We've used it a lot in private sector, and as far as we can tell,…

— Wilbur Ross

The hatred Americans have for their own government is pathological, if understandable. At one level it is simply thwarted greed: since our…

— Gore Vidal

Before they got vengeful, conservatives had some useful points to make about welfare. Government 'help' is too often guilt-assuaging gesture. It creates…

— Donella Meadows

I don't believe any person looking for work is fearful of political judgment. Government is a large institution, and if they believe…

— Jan Brewer

It is admitted that all men have an equal right to the enjoyment of their life, property and personal security; and it…

— Noah Webster

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am…

— Tom DeLay

I have lived with my conscience and my own memories for over quarter of a century since the events of 1973. These…

— Augusto Pinochet

[Experts in cybersecurity] will also establish a training program for all government employees to make certain that they understand what defenses are…

— Donald Trump

This is America. We're proud. We're not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and…

— Merle Haggard

Work is a means; it is not an end. And for any tasks that can be performed or eliminated by a capital…

— Louis O. Kelso

When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack…

— Chuka Umunna

Hip-hop is contributing to American society's misogyny and racism, hyper-sexuality anti-Black representations. Hip-Hop isn't setting the standard for misogyny. No one reduces…

— Bakari Kitwana

Think in the name of Almighty God. We must first have a worldwide awakening of the public conscience, a spiritual revival, a…

— William J. H. Boetcker

The number of nuclear bombs on the planet today - the sheer quantity of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of…

— Marianne Williamson

We're fighting for community energy initiatives, warmer homes and crucial flood defences - and fiercely opposing the Government's assault on renewables.

— Barry Gardiner

Conservatives are winning offices, and champions of big government are cleaning out their desks right now.

— Rick Perry

When the American people find out how their government has secretly interpreted the Patriot Act, they will be stunned and they will…

— Ron Wyden

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

— Michele Bachmann

I believe the U.S. government owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about what is happening in Guantanamo.

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Our government, keeping aspirations of the Brahmin community in mind, will construct a statue of Parshuram grander than the one promised by…

— Mayawati

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.

— Bill O'Reilly

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great…

— Martin Sheen

“I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.”

— JSB Morse

If I was afraid of being killed, I would never speak out against the government.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

— Andy Garcia

We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government.

— Zoe Lofgren

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.

— Tom G. Palmer

It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy -…

— Walt Whitman

Many people are interested in their behavior among people; I am interested in my behavior alone.

— Ilkin Santak

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

— Mencius